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noun
Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M+)4SiO44− or Si(OR)4.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO4 tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: nesosilicate, island silicate
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3erdh-der. Proto-Hellenic *orthwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English silicic acid English -ate English silicate English orthosilicate From ortho- + silicate.
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