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sorosilicate

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sôr′ō sil′i kit, -kāt′, sōr′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
so•ro•sil•i•cate  (sôr′ō sil′i kit, -kāt′, sōr′-),USA pronunciation n. [Mineral.]
  1. Mineralogyany of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven. Cf. cyclosilicate, inosilicate, nesosilicate, tektosilicate. 
  • Greek sōró(s) heap + silicate

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