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orthosilicates

orthosilicates is the plural of orthosilicate.

Meaning of orthosilicate

Noun

orthosilicate (plural orthosilicates)

  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.

Questions about orthosilicates

What is orthosilicates the plural of?
Orthosilicates is the plural of orthosilicate.

Words near orthosilicates in the dictionary

  1. orthosia
  2. Orthosian
  3. orthosias
  4. Orthosie
  5. orthosilicate
  6. orthosilicates
  7. orthosilicic
  8. orthosilicic acid
  9. orthosiphon
  10. orthosiphons
  11. orthosis

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