INOSILICATE

Etymology

Noun

inosilicate (plural inosilicates)

any silicate having interlocking chains of silicate tetrahedra

Synonym: chain silicate

Hypernyms

• silicate

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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