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silica

English

Etymology

Origin: 1585–95; in Latin silex (hard stone, flint). Subsequently, silicon was identified by the chemist Antoine Lavoisier in 1787 as a component element of the silex or silicis. Compare silicate.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?s?l.?.k?/

Noun

silica (countable and uncountable, plural silicas)

  1. Silicon dioxide.
  2. Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
    • 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2:
      Its Blair County property was sited at the foot of ganister-covered Dunnings Mountain to compete with the Mount Union plants making silica bricks for the steel industry.

Synonyms

  • E551 when used as an anti-caking agent

Derived terms

Related terms

  • silex
  • silicon

Translations

See also

  • quartz
  • sand

References

Anagrams

  • Cialis, Liasic, salici, sialic

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zaffer

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æf?(r)

Noun

zaffer (countable and uncountable, plural zaffers)

  1. Alternative form of zaffre

Anagrams

  • affzer, zaffre

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