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sorosilicate

[ sawr-oh-sil-i-kit, -keyt, sohr- ]

noun

, Mineralogy.
  1. any 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sorosilicate1

< Greek sōró ( s ) heap + silicate

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