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aluminosilicate

[uh-loo-muh-noh-sil-uh-kit, -keyt]
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noun
  1. any naturally occurring or synthetically produced aluminum silicate containing alkali-metal or alkaline-earth-metal ions, as a feldspar, zeolite, or beryl.
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Origin of aluminosilicate

alumino- + silicate
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British Dictionary definitions for aluminosilicate

aluminosilicate

noun
  1. a silicate in which some of the silicon in the tetrahedral unit SiO 4 has been replaced by aluminium
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