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Borosilicate - 3 dictionary results

bo⋅ro⋅sil⋅i⋅cate

[bawr-uh-sil-i-kit, -keyt, bohr-]
–noun Chemistry.
a salt of boric and silicic acids.

Origin:
1810–20; boro- + silicate
bo·ro·sil·i·cate   (bôr'ō-sĭl'ĭ-kĭt, -kāt', bōr'-)   
n.  A salt that is derived from both boric acid and silicic acid and occurs naturally in dumortierite.

Borosilicate

Bo"ro*sil"i*cate\, n. [Boron + silicate.] (Chem.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.
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