borosilicate
nounEtymology From boro- + silicate.
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Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any of various minerals whose structure is formally that of a dual salt of boric and silicic acids.
- Related terms
- borosilicate glass
- Hypernyms
- silicate
- Hyponyms
- aluminoborosilicate, borophosphosilicate