orthosilicate

See also: Orthosilicate

English

Etymology

From ortho- +‎ silicate.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ortho‧sili‧cate

Noun

orthosilicate (plural orthosilicates)

(inorganic chemistry) Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M⁺)₄Si O₄⁴⁻ 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

(mineralogy): silicate

Translations

mineral

Dutch: nesosilicaat n
Finnish: nesosilikaatti
Italian: nesosilicato m
Spanish: nesosilicato (es) m

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