Silicate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silicate \Sil"i*cate\, n.[Cf. F. silicate.] (Chem.)
     A salt of silicic acid.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In mineralogical chemistry the silicates include; the
           unisilicates or orthosilicates, salts of orthosilicic


           acid; the bisilicates or metasilicates, salts of
           metasilicic acid; the polysilicates or acid silicates,
           salts of the polysilicic acids; the basic silicates or
           subsilicates, in which the equivalent of base is
           greater than would be required to neutralize the acid;
           and the hydrous silicates, including the zeolites and
           many hydrated decomposition products.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  silicate
       n : a salt or ester derived from silicic acid