silicate

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See also: Silicate and silicaté

English

Etymology

From silicon acid +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sĭʹlĭkāt, IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪkeɪt/
  • enPR: sĭʹlĭkət, IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪkət/
  • enPR: sĭʹlĭkĭt, IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪkɪt/
  • Hyphenation: sili‧cate

Noun

silicate (plural silicates)

  1. (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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Noun

silicate m (plural silicates)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) silicate

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