orthosilicate
Syllables: ortho·sili·cate
orthosilicate noun: any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M⁺)₄SiO₄⁴⁻ or Si(OR)₄.
Noun
orthosilicate (plural orthosilicates)
- Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M⁺)₄SiO₄⁴⁻ or Si(OR)₄.
- 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
orthosilicate meaning in Tamil
orthosilicate in Tamil
- நேர்ச்சிலிக்கேற்று
Synonyms of orthosilicate
Forms of orthosilicate
| plural | orthosilicates |
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Origin of orthosilicate
From ortho- + silicate.
Words formed from orthosilicate
Questions about orthosilicate
- What does orthosilicate mean?
- Orthosilicate means any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M⁺)₄SiO₄⁴⁻ or Si(OR)₄.
- What is orthosilicate in Tamil?
- Orthosilicate in Tamil is நேர்ச்சிலிக்கேற்று. See Orthosilicate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is orthosilicate?
- Orthosilicate is a noun.
- What is the plural of orthosilicate?
- The plural of orthosilicate is orthosilicates.
Words near orthosilicate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthosilicate (page history and authors); orthosilicate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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