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Silicate
Sil′i-cate
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
silicate
.] (Chem.)
A salt of silicic acid.
☞ In mineralogical chemistry the silicates include; the unisilicates or orthosilicates, salts of orthosilicic acid; the bisilicates or metasilicates, salts of metasilicic acid; the polysilicates or acid silicates, salts of the polysilicic acids; the basic silicates or subsilicates, in which the equivalent of base is greater than would be required to neutralize the acid; and the hydrous silicates, including the zeolites and many hydrated decomposition products.
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Silicate
silicate
silicate
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Noun
silicate (plural silicates)
- (chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
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salt or mineral
