Silicate

//ˈsɪlɪkət// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates.
  2. 2
    a salt or ester derived from silicic acid wordnet

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alabasteralcoholasphaltchemicalmineral

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"In examining a large number of minerals for helium, Strutt found that some samples of beryl, a beryllium aluminium silicate, contain a relatively very large amount of helium, but only traces of thorium, and were altogether inactive."

Etymology

From silicon acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Related phrases

aluminio-silicatebarium copper silicatecalc silicate gneisscalc-silicate gneisscalcium silicatechain silicateframework silicateisland silicatepotassium aluminium silicatering silicatesheet silicatesilicate planet

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