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Silica

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Silican. [NL., from L. silex, silics, a flint.].
     Silicon dioxide, SiO1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Silica, n. silicon dioxide, occurring as quartz etc. and as a principal constituent of sandstone and other rocks.

Idiom
silica gel hydrated silica in a hard granular form used as a desiccant.
Derivative
siliceous adj. (also silicious). silicic adj. silicify v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied). silicification n.
Etymology
L silex -icis flint, after alumina etc.

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