sodium metasilicate

[ met-uh-sil-i-kit, -keyt ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a white, granular sodium silicate, Na2SiO3, soluble in water: used in detergents and in bleaching and cleaning products.

Origin of sodium metasilicate

1
First recorded in 1925–30; meta- + silicate

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