silicate

[ sil-i-kit, -keyt ]

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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 SiO 2 or SiO 4 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.
Chemistry. any salt derived from the silicic acids or from silica.

silicate

/ ˈsɪlɪkɪt; -ˌkeɪt /

a salt or ester of silicic acid, esp one of a large number of usually insoluble salts with polymeric negative ions having a structure formed of tetrahedrons of SiO 4 groups linked in rings, chains, sheets, or three dimensional frameworks. Silicates constitute a large proportion of the earth's minerals and are present in cement and glass

silicate

/ sĭl′ĭ-kāt′ /

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 SiO 4 , either isolated, or joined to other groups in chains, sheets, or three-dimensional groups with metal elements. Micas and feldspars are silicate minerals.

First recorded in 1805–15; silic(a) + -ate ²

In this case, silicate in the ash melts as it hits the hot turbines of the engine and shuts it down.

He seemed to recall a state of lush, sybaritic softness, in pre-silicate times.

But there is no reason why, in these cases, the lead so employed should not be in the form of a fritted double silicate.

Soda-glass consists primarily of silicate of sodium with smaller quantities of silicate of aluminum and potassium.

A good method for the preservation of eggs is the use of sodium silicate, or water glass.

The well-known water-glass is a silicate of soda or potash dissolved in free or caustic soda, or potash.

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