calcium silicate

noun

any of the silicates of calcium: calcium metasilicate, dicalcium silicate, and tricalcium silicate.

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Nearby words

calcium oxide, calcium oxychloride, calcium permanganate, calcium phosphate, calcium propionate, calcium silicate, calcium sulfide, calciuria, calcodynia, calcospherite, calcrete

Compare wollastonite.

Origin of calcium silicate

First recorded in 1885–90

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