silicate
noun/ˈsɪlɪkət/ · /ˈsɪlɪkɪt/
Etymology From silicic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
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Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates.
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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, octasilicate, pentasilicate, polysilicate, potassium aluminium silicate, protosilicate, ring silicate, sheet silicate, silicate planet, silicatian, silicatization, tetraoxosilicate, tetrasilicate, titanosilicate, trisilicate, tungstosilicate, unisilicate, vanadosilicate, zincosilicate