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silica

noun
/ˈsɪl.ɪ.kə/UK

Etymology

From New Latin silica, from Latin silex (“hard stone, flint”), on model of alumina, soda.

  1. derived from silex
  2. borrowed from silica

Definitions

  1. Silicon dioxide.

  2. Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.

    • Its Blair County property was sited at the foot of ganister-covered Dunnings Mountain to compete with the Mount Union plants making silica bricks for the steel industry.

The neighborhood

Derived

aerosil, biosilica, felsic, hydrated silica, microsilica, nanosilica, organosilica, silcrete, silica gel, silica glass, silicalite, silicasome, silicate, silica wool, siliceous, silici-, silicic, silicide, siliciferous, silicification, silicify, silicosis

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for silica. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA