Definition of Silicic

1. a. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid.

Definition of Silicic

1. Adjective. of, related to, or derived from silica ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Silicic

1. pertaining to silicon [adj] - See also: silicon

Medical Definition of Silicic

1. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid. Silicic acid, an amorphous gelatinous substance, Si(HO)4, very unstable and easily dried to silica, but forming many stable salts. Synonym: orthosilicic, or normal silicic, acid. Origin: L. Silex, silicis, a flint: cf. F. Silicique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silicic

silicate cement
silicate planet
silicate planets
silicate restorations
silicated
silicatein
silicates
silicatian
silicatosis
silicea
silicene
silicenes
siliceous
silici-
silician
silicic (current term)
silicic acid
silicic acids
silicic anhydride
silicicalcareous
silicide
silicides
siliciferous
silicification
silicifications
silicified
silicifies
silicify
silicifying
silicioidea

Literary usage of Silicic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"The amorphous silicic acid is often found mixed with the crystallized ... silicic acid is, however, most frequently found in the form of its salts, ..."

2. Manual of qualitative chemical analysis by Karl Remigius Fresenius (1883)
"added at once to even concentrated solutions of alkali silicates the separated silicic acid remains in solution, probably as the normal acid, Si (OH)4; ..."

3. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1881)
"If silicic oxide or a silicate is fused with a small proportion of sodium carbonate in the ... The bead obtained with pure silicic acid, or silicic oxide, ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"If its vapour be mixed with oxygen, it explodes violently on passing the electric spark, silica being deposited, whilst hydrochloric acid and silicic ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1901)
"This statement is made on the ground of alleged numerous quantitative experiments with mixtures of pure tungstic acid and pure ignited silicic acid, ..."

6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"The liquidity i« permanent in proportion to the degree of dilution of silicic acid, and appears to be favoured by a low temperature. ..."

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