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silicon dioxide

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Silica.

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  • noun chemistry A hard glassy mineral, SiO₂, occurring as quartz, sand, opal etc. Informally known as silica.

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  • noun a 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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hypernyms (1)

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  1. oxide

hyponyms (3)

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  1. chert
  2. flint
  3. silex

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  1. carbon dioxide

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  • ry commented on the word silicon dioxide

    Aka sand. An anti-caking agent in some foods.

    January 21, 2013

  • bilby commented on the word silicon dioxide

    Presumably not in cake.

    January 21, 2013