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sil·i·cate

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–noun

Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO₂ or SiO₄ groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.

2.	Chemistry. any salt derived from the silicic acids or from silica.

[Origin: 1805–15; silic(a) + -ate²

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sil·i·ca·tion

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sil·i·cate Audio Help (sĭl'ĭ-kāt', -kĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

Any of numerous compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; a salt of silicic acid.
Any of a large group of minerals, forming over 90 percent of the earth's crust, that consist of SiO₂ or SiO₄ groupings combined with one or more metals and sometimes hydrogen.

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silicate
noun
a salt or ester derived from silicic acid

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Any of a large class of chemical compounds composed of silicon, oxygen, and at least one metal. Most rocks and minerals are silicates.
Any mineral containing the group SiO₄, either isolated, or joined to other groups in chains, sheets, or three-dimensional groups with metal elements. Micas and feldspars are silicate minerals.

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silicate sil·i·cate (sĭl'ĭ-kāt', -kĭt)
n.
Any of numerous compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; a salt of silicic acid.

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Main Entry: sil·i·cate
Pronunciation: 'sil-&-"kAt, 'sil-i-k&t
Function: noun
: a salt or ester derived from a silicic acid;especially : any of numerous insoluble often complex metal salts that contain silicon and oxygen in the anion and constitute the largest class of minerals

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Silicate

Sil"i*cate\, n.[Cf. F. silicate.] (Chem.) 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.

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