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ORTHOSILICATE
Etymology
Noun
orthosilicate (plural orthosilicates)
(inorganic chemistry) any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M+)4SiO44− or Si(OR)4
(mineral) any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO4 tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other
Synonyms: nesosilicate, island silicate
Hypernyms
• (mineralogy): silicate
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) the state of being a slave; “So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity”--Shakespeare
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