silicate

Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates.

Noun

  1. Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates.

    Hypernyms: 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

Origin

Etymology tree English silicic acid English -ate English silicate From silicic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Forms

silicates

Related

silica silicate board silicate cotton silicate paint silicon silicone

Derived

aluminio-silicate arsenosilicate barium copper silicate bisilicate borosilicate calcium silicate calc silicate gneiss calc-silicate gneiss chain silicate chlorotetrafluorosilicate disilicate dodecaoxotetrasilicate dodecasilicate fluosilicate framework silicate hexasilicate hydrosilicate inosilicate island silicate metasilicate molybdosilicate monosilicate nanosilicate nonsilicate