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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries硅酸盐
Pronunciation / Transliteration: guī suān yán
"地壳主要由硅酸盐矿物组成。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A salt or ester derived from a silicic acid, typically containing anions consisting of silicon and oxygen.
"Granite is primarily composed of various quartz and silicate minerals." - 2
Any of a large group of minerals forming the predominant part of the Earth's crust and mantle, characterized by a tetrahedron of silicon and oxygen.
"Microscopic analysis of the soil revealed a high concentration of complex silicates."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the modern chemical vocabulary, combining the Latin 'silex' (flint, hard stone) with the chemical suffix '-ate' used to denote salts of oxyacids. The term emerged in the early 19th century as mineralogists and chemists systematized the classification of rock-forming minerals containing silicon and oxygen.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Silicate" is said worldwide
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silicate
Transliteration: /si.li.kat/
"Le granite est riche en silicates."
Silikat
Transliteration: /zi.liˈkaːt/
"Die Erdkruste besteht hauptsächlich aus Silikaten."
silicato
Transliteration: /si.liˈka.to/
"Molti minerali comuni sono costituiti da silicato."
silicato
Transliteration: /si.liˈka.to/
"El silicato es el componente principal de las rocas."
silicato
Transliteration: /si.liˈka.tu/
"O quartzo é um mineral de silicato."
सिलिकेट
Transliteration: silikeṭ
"पृथ्वी की पपड़ी में मुख्य रूप से सिलिकेट होते हैं।"
硅酸盐
Transliteration: guī suān yán
"地壳主要由硅酸盐矿物组成。"
규산염
Transliteration: gyusan-yeom
"지각은 주로 규산염 광물로 이루어져 있다."
ケイ酸塩
Transliteration: keisān'en
"地殻の大部分はケイ酸塩鉱物で構成されています。"
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