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silicate

See also: Silicate and silicaté

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Etymology edit

From silic(on) +‎ -ate.

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  • enPR: sĭʹlĭkāt, IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪkeɪt/
  • enPR: sĭʹlĭkət, IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪkət/
  • enPR: sĭʹlĭkĭt, IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪkɪt/
  • Hyphenation: sili‧cate

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silicate (plural silicates)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
    Hypernym: compound
    Hyponyms: aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate, aluminomagnesian silicate, aluminosilicate, bismuth silicate, borophosphosilicate, calcium magnesium silicate, cerous silicate, cyclosilicate, inosilicate, magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, neosilicate, orthosilicate, phosphosilicate, phyllosilicate, pyrosilicate, sodium silicate, sorosilicate, subsilicate, tectosilicate, titanosilicate

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silicate m (plural silicates)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) silicate

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