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silicate
English
Etymology
From silic(on) +? -ate.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s??l?k?t, IPA(key): /?s?l?ke?t/
- enPR: s??l?k?t, IPA(key): /?s?l?k?t/
- enPR: s??l?k?t, IPA(key): /?s?l?k?t/
- Hyphenation: sili?cate
Noun
silicate (plural silicates)
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
- Hypernym: compound
- Hyponyms: aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate, aluminomagnesian silicate, aluminosilicate, bismuth silicate, borophosphosilicate, calcium magnesium silicate, cerous silicate, cyclosilicate, inosilicate, magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, neosilicate, orthosilicate, phosphosilicate, phyllosilicate, pyrosilicate, sodium silicate, sorosilicate, subsilicate, tectosilicate, titanosilicate
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References
- silicate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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French
Noun
silicate m (plural silicates)
- (inorganic chemistry) silicate
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silicon
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?l'?k?n, IPA(key): /?s?l?k?n/; enPR: s?l'?k?n, IPA(key): /?s?l?k?n/
Etymology 1
Coined by Scottish chemist Thomas Thomson as a modification of the earlier name silicium, from the stem of Latin silex (“flint, silica”) + -on from carbon.
Noun
silicon (usually uncountable, plural silicons)
- (chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) silicium, (obsolete) silicum
- (chemistry, countable) A single atom of this element.
Usage notes
Do not confuse silicon with silicone.
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See also
- agate
- amethyst
- asbestos
- clay
- feldspar
- flint
- glass
- granite
- hornblende
- jasper
- mica
- opal
- quartz
- rock crystal
- sand
Etymology 2
From the silicon chips used in computers
Noun
silicon (uncountable)
- (slang) computing
- (slang) computer processor
- Abbreviation of silicon chip.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Silicon”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “silicon”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French silicone.
Noun
silicon m (plural siliconi)
- (chemistry) silicone
Declension
Noun
silicon n (plural silicoane)
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) breast implant
Declension
Related terms
- siliciu
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