silicic

American

[suh-lis-ik] / səˈlɪs ɪk /

adjective

Chemistry.

containing silicon.
of or relating to silica or acids derived from it.

silicic British

/ sɪˈlɪsɪk /

adjective

of, concerned with, or containing silicon or an acid obtained from silicon

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Etymology

Origin of silicic

First recorded in 1810–20; silic(a) + -ic

Example Sentences

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Instead of another invasive surgery to remove the pacemaker, it simply dissolves over time into a nontoxic compound known as silicic acid.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

The samples with leachate had more silicic acid as well, which is used by plankton like diatoms to make their microscopic shells.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

Perkins, M. E. & Nash, B. P. Explosive silicic volcanism of the Yellowstone hotspot: the ash fall tuff record.

From Nature • Dec. 12, 2017

In the body, if the silicon is thin enough, it degrades in the presence of water into silicic acid, which is not harmful to health, and even sold as a dietary supplement.

From Scientific American • Nov. 6, 2015

We could not select a more interesting example of the very wide diffusion of some compound substances than this one of silicic acid.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various

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