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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
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Translations
Catalan diòxid de silici
- diòxid de siliciSiO2
Chinese Mandarin 二氧化硅, 二氧化矽
- 二氧化硅 (èryǎng huàguī)SiO2
- 二氧化矽 (èryǎng huàxī)SiO2
Czech oxid křemičitý
- oxid křemičitýSiO2
Dutch silicium dioxyde
- silicium dioxydeSiO2
Finnish piidioksidi
- piidioksidiSiO2
French bioxyde de silicium
- bioxyde de siliciumSiO2
German Siliciumdioxid, Siliziumdioxid
- SiliciumdioxidSiO2
- SiliziumdioxidSiO2
Greek διοξείδιο πυριτίου
- διοξείδιο πυριτίου (dioxeídio pyritíou)SiO2
Hungarian szilícium-dioxid
- szilícium-dioxidSiO2
Italian diossido del silicone
- diossido del siliconeSiO2
Japanese 二酸化ケイ素, 二酸化珪素
- 二酸化ケイ素 (nisanka-keiso)SiO2
- 二酸化珪素 (nisanka-keiso)SiO2
Korean 이산화 실리콘
- 이산화 실리콘 (isanhwa sillikon)SiO2
Latin dioxeidium silicii
- dioxeidium siliciiSiO2
Malay silikon dioksida
- silikon dioksidaSiO2
Māori takawai hāorarua
- takawai hāoraruaSiO2
Persian سیلیسیم دیاکسید
- سیلیسیم دیاکسید (silisyom di-oksid)SiO2
Polish ditlenek krzemu
- ditlenek krzemuSiO2
Portuguese dióxido do silicone
- dióxido do siliconeSiO2
Russian диокси́д кре́мния, двуо́кись кре́мния
- диокси́д кре́мния (dioksíd krémnija)SiO2
- двуо́кись кре́мния (dvuókisʹ krémnija)SiO2
- кремнезём (kremnezjóm)SiO2
Spanish dióxido del silicio
- dióxido del silicioSiO2
Cite this entry
APA
silicon dioxide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silicon%20dioxide
MLA
“silicon dioxide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silicon%20dioxide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silicon dioxide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silicon%20dioxide.
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