Inorganic Chemical
silicate Audio
sil·i·cate [ sil-i-kit, -keyt ]
Subclass of:
Silicic Acid; Minerals
Definitions related to silicates:
  • Anionic oxides of silicon, the major inorganic components of soil, clay, sand, and rocks.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The generic term for salts derived from silica or the silicic acids. They contain silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals, and may contain hydrogen. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th Ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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