silicate

silicate
noun Etymology: silicic (acid) Date: 1811 a salt or ester derived from a silicic acid; especially any of numerous insoluble often complex metal salts that contain silicon and oxygen in the anion, constitute the largest class of minerals, and are used in building materials (as cement, bricks, and glass)

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  • silicate — [ silikat ] n. m. • 1818; de silice ♦ Combinaison de silice avec divers oxydes métalliques. Silicates naturels (émeraude, talc, argiles, feldspaths). Roche qui contient des silicates ( adj. SILICATÉ, ÉE, 1842 ). ● silicate nom masculin (de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • silicaté — silicate [ silikat ] n. m. • 1818; de silice ♦ Combinaison de silice avec divers oxydes métalliques. Silicates naturels (émeraude, talc, argiles, feldspaths). Roche qui contient des silicates ( adj. SILICATÉ, ÉE, 1842 ). ● silicate nom masculin… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Silicate — Sil i*cate, n.[Cf. F. silicate.] (Chem.) A salt of silicic acid. [1913 Webster] Note: In mineralogical chemistry the silicates include; the unisilicates or orthosilicates, salts of orthosilicic acid; the bisilicates or metasilicates, salts of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Silicate — Silicate, so v.w. Kieselsaure Salze, s.u. Kieselerde S. 475 f …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Silicate — Silicate,   die Silikate …   Universal-Lexikon

  • silicaté — silicaté, ée (si li ka té, tée) adj. Terme de chimie. Se dit d une base qui est convertie à l état de sel par l acide silicique …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • silicate — (n.) 1811, from SILICA (Cf. silica) + ATE (Cf. ate) (3) …   Etymology dictionary

  • silicate — ► NOUN ▪ a salt or mineral containing silica combined with a base …   English terms dictionary

  • silicate — [sil′i kit, sil′ikāt΄] n. a salt or ester derived from silica or a silicic acid …   English World dictionary

  • Silicate — Häufige natürliche Erscheinungsform der Silikate: Feldspat …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Silicate — For the artificial intelligence androids of the 1990s science fiction series , see Silicate (AI) A silicate is a compound containing an anion in which one or more central silicon atoms are surrounded by electronegative ligands. This definition is …   Wikipedia

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