Silica

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈsɪl.ɪ.kÉ™/

Origin

Origin: 1585–95; in Latin silex ("hard stone, flint"). Subsequently, silicon was first identified by the chemist Antoine Lavoisier in as a component element of the silex refs (see the several @ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/silex): esp. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source

si·lex

–noun

flint; silica.

1585–95;, from L silex, s. silic- hard stone, flint, boulder

, or silicis for flint, and more generally what were termed "flints" during the era, nowadays as we would say "silica" or more formally, silicate.

Full definition of silica

Noun

1. Silicon dioxide.
2. Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
• 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2: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.

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

Anagrams

• sialic