silica

See also sílica

English

Etymology

Origin: 1585–95; in Latin silex (“hard stone, flint”). Subsequently, silicon was first identified by the chemist Antoine Lavoisier in 1787 as a component element of the silex, or silicis for flint, and more generally what were termed "flints" during the era, nowadays as we would say "silica" or more formally, silicate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɪl.ɪ.kə/, X-SAMPA: /"sIl.I.k@/

Noun

silica (countable and uncountable; plural silicas)

1. Silicon dioxide.
2. Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.

Synonyms

• E551 when used as an anti-caking agent

Derived terms

• silica gel
• silica glass
• silicate
• silica wool
• siliceous
• silici-
• silicic
• silicide

Related terms

• silicon

Translations

silicon dioxide

• Esperanto: siliko (eo)
• French: silice (fr) f

• Japanese: シリカ (ja) (shirika)
• Spanish: sílice (es) m

silica group of the silicate minerals

• Esperanto: siliko (eo)

• Italian: silice (it)
• Spanish: sílice (es) m

See also

• quartz
• sand

Anagrams

• sialic