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silica en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɪl.ɪ.kə/ (UK)

Etymology

From New Latin silica, from Latin silex (“hard stone, flint”), on model of alumina, soda.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Silicon dioxide.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
   • 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. 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2

Forms

Deriveds

biosilica · silicate · siliceous · silicification · silicide · silica glass · siliciferous · silicic · silicalite · nanosilica · hydrated silica · organosilica · felsic · silica wool · silcrete · microsilica · silicosis · silicasome · silica gel · aerosil · silicify · silici-

Relateds

Pax Silica · quartz · silex · silicon · sand

Synonyms

E551 when used as an anti-caking agent

Translations (21)

fa سیلیس (silicon dioxide) · ast síliz (silicon dioxide) · fi silika (silicon dioxide) · ru кремнезём (silicon dioxide) · it silice (silicon dioxide) · es sílice (silica group of the silicate minerals) · fi piidioksidi (silicon dioxide) · sv kiseldioxid (silicon dioxide) · fr silice (silicon dioxide) · cmn 二氧化硅 (silicon dioxide) · bg силициев диоксид (silicon dioxide) · pt sílica (silicon dioxide) · it silice (silica group of the silicate minerals) · bg кварц (silica group of the silicate minerals) · ca sílice (silicon dioxide) · fi hohkasilikaatti (silica group of the silicate minerals) · ro silică (silicon dioxide) · es sílice (silicon dioxide) · ja シリカ (silicon dioxide) · eo siliko (silica group of the silicate minerals) · eo siliko (silicon dioxide)