silica

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See also: sílica

English

Etymology

From New Latin silica, from Latin silex (“hard stone, flint”),[1][2] on model of alumina, soda.[3]

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silica (countable and uncountable, plural silicas)

  1. Silicon dioxide. [1][2][3]
  2. Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
    • 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2:
      Its Blair County property was sited at the foot of ganister-covered Dunnings Mountain to compete with the Mount Union plants making silica bricks for the steel industry.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “silica, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “silica, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “silica (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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