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Bisilicate

Bi-sil′i-cate

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Noun.
(Min. Chem.)
A salt of metasilicic acid; – so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.

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bisilicate

bisilicate

English

Noun

bisilicate (plural bisilicates)

  1. A salt of metasilicic acid, in which the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is two to one.