orthosilicate
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See also: Orthosilicate
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: ortho‧sili‧cate
Noun
[edit]orthosilicate (plural orthosilicates)
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M+)4SiO44− or Si(OR)4.
- (mineralogy) Any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO4 tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other.
- Synonyms: nesosilicate, island silicate
Hypernyms
[edit]- (mineralogy): silicate
Translations
[edit]mineral
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