silica

Noun

Meaning

Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

silicon dioxide silicon oxide quartz emery silicon clay crystal brimstone mineral calcite alabaster bauxite fluorite silex carbon
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Hypernyms

oxide

Hyponyms

quartz flint silex chert

Related terms

silicon silex

Phrases with the word

amorphous silica glassy silica crystalline silica silica sand fused-silica silica layer

Anagrams

Cialis Liasic sialic

Examples

Yet the stones remain less real to those who cannot name them, or read the mute syllables graven in silica. To see a red stone is less than seeing it as jasper metamorphic quartz, cousin to the flint the Kiowa carved as arrowheads. To name is to know and remember. Dana Gioia

About 6 miles (10 kilometers) below the surface, under incredible temperatures and pressures, the water carries high concentrations of carbon dioxide, silica, and gold. Source: Internet

Additionally, the cemented consistency depends on cementation by substances other than clay, such as calcium carbonate, silica, oxides and salts; moisture content has little effect on its assessment. Source: Internet

Addition of silica fume can yield exceptionally high strengths, and cements containing 5–20% silica fume are occasionally produced, with 10% being the maximum allowed addition under EN 197-1. Source: Internet

AuroShell particles (also known as "nanoshells") consist of a gold metal shell and a non-conducting silica core and serve as the exogenous absorber of the near-infrared laser energy delivered by the probe. Source: Internet

Bonding in ceramics and glasses uses covalent and ionic-covalent types with SiO 2 (silica or sand) as a fundamental building block. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

silhydrite Siliana silibinin silica aerogel silica beads silica clay