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silicate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Silicate  \Sil"i*cate\,  n.[Cf.  F.  silicate.]  (Chem.) 
  A  salt  of  silicic  acid. 
 
  Note:  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  silicate 
  n  :  a  salt  or  ester  derived  from  silicic  acid 




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