silica
See also: sílica
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Origin: 1585–95; in Latin silex (“hard stone, flint”). Subsequently, silicon was identified by the chemist Antoine Lavoisier in 1787 as a component element of the silex[1] or silicis. Compare silicate.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
silica (countable and uncountable, plural silicas)
- Silicon dioxide.
- Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
- 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2:
- Its Blair County property was sited at the foot of ganister-covered Dunnings Mountain to compete with the Mount Union plants making silica bricks for the steel industry.
- 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2:
SynonymsEdit
- E551 when used as an anti-caking agent
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
silicon dioxide
silica group of the silicate minerals
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “silex” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.