silicate
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- enPR: sĭʹlĭkāt, IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪkeɪt/
- enPR: sĭʹlĭkət, IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪkət/
- enPR: sĭʹlĭkĭt, IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪkɪt/
- Hyphenation: sili‧cate
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
Derived terms
- aluminio-silicate
- barium copper silicate
- bisilicate
- borosilicate
- calcium silicate
- calc-silicate gneiss
- calc silicate gneiss
- chain silicate
- disilicate
- fluosilicate
- framework silicate
- inosilicate
- island silicate
- metasilicate
- potassium aluminium silicate
- ring silicate
- sheet silicate
- silicate planet
- tetrasilicate
- titan-osilicate
Related terms
Translations
salt or mineral
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French
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Noun
silicate m (plural silicates)
Further reading
- “silicate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.