Meanings
plural silicas
- countableuncountableAny 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.
1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Bulgarian силициев диоксид, кварц
- силициев диоксид (siliciev dioksid)silicon dioxide
- кварц (kvarc)silica group of the silicate minerals
Catalan sílice
- sílicesilicon dioxide
Chinese Mandarin 二氧化硅
- 二氧化硅 (èryǎnghuàguī)silicon dioxide
Esperanto siliko, siliko
- silikosilicon dioxide
- silikosilica group of the silicate minerals
Finnish piidioksidi, silika
- piidioksidisilicon dioxide
- silikasilicon dioxide
- hohkasilikaattisilica group of the silicate minerals
French silice
- silicesilicon dioxide
Italian silice, silice
- silicesilicon dioxide
- silicesilica group of the silicate minerals
Japanese シリカ
- シリカ (shirika)silicon dioxide
Persian سیلیس
- سیلیس (silis)silicon dioxide
Portuguese sílica
- sílicasilicon dioxide
Romanian silică
- silicăsilicon dioxide
Russian кремнезём
- кремнезём (kremnezjóm)silicon dioxide
Spanish sílice, sílice
- sílicesilicon dioxide
- sílicesilica group of the silicate minerals
Swedish kiseldioxid
- kiseldioxidsilicon dioxide
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Cite this entry
silica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silica
“silica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silica. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silica,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silica.
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