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orthosilicate en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English silicic acid English -ate English silicate English orthosilicate From ortho- + silicate.

Meanings

  1. Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M⁺)₄SiO₄⁴⁻ or Si(OR)₄.
  2. Any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO₄ tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other.

Forms

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Deriveds

tetraethylorthosilicate · oxyorthosilicate

Hypernyms

silicate

Synonyms

island silicate · nesosilicate

Translations (4)

it nesosilicato (mineral) · nl nesosilicaat (mineral) · es nesosilicato (mineral) · fi nesosilikaatti (mineral)