different between silicate vs ytterbite

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)

1. (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)

1. (inorganic chemistry) silicate

English

Etymology

Ytterby +? -ite

Noun

ytterbite (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Gadolinite: a black, vitreous mineral consisting primarily of silicates of various rare earths including ytterbium

Synonyms

• gadolinite
• ytterite

See also

• gadolinite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia