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noun
silicon dioxide (SiO2), silica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
silicon monoxide (SiO).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: silica, silicon dioxide
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Broader terms: oxide
Narrower terms: chert, flint, silex
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