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SILICATE
silicate
(noun) a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
silicate (plural silicates)
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
Hypernym: compound
Hyponyms: aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate, aluminomagnesian silicate, aluminosilicate, bismuth silicate, borophosphosilicate, calcium magnesium silicate, cerous silicate, cyclosilicate, inosilicate, magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, neosilicate, orthosilicate, phosphosilicate, phyllosilicate, pyrosilicate, sodium silicate, sorosilicate, subsilicate, tectosilicate, titanosilicate
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Source: Wiktionary
Sil"i*cate, n.Etym: [Cf. F. silicate.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of silicic acid.
Note: In mineralogical chemistry the silicates include; the unisilicates or orthosilicates, salts of orthosilicic acid; the bisilicates or metasilicates, salts of metasilicic acid; the polysilicates or acid silicates, salts of the polysilicic acids; the basic silicates or subsilicates, in which the equivalent of base is greater than would be required to neutralize the acid; and the hydrous silicates, including the zeolites and many hydrated decomposition products.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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