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silicic [suh-lis-ik] ExamplesWord Origin adjective Chemistry.
- containing silicon.
- of or relating to silica or acids derived from it.
Origin of silicic First recorded in 1810–20; silic(a) + -ic Examples from the Web for silicic Historical Examples of silicic
This well-known substance is essentially a mixture of silicates with an excess of silica or silicic acid.
Arnold Cooley
The minerals augite and hornblende are double salts of silicic acid, magnesium, and calcium with some ferrous oxide.
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
Silicic chloride is a very voluble and strongly fuming gas, transparent and colourless, with an irritating and pungent smell.
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
Silicic acid is not only indispensible to the growth of hair, but it forms a direct connection between blood and nerve tissues.
Louis Dechmann
This method is particularly effective in the preparation of silicic acid.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3
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British Dictionary definitions for silicic silicic adjective
- of, concerned with, or containing silicon or an acid obtained from silicon