Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Relating to, resembling, containing, or derived from silica or silicon.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to silica: as, silicic ether.
Wiktionary
- adj. of, related to, or derived from silica
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon.
Etymologies
- Latin silex, silicis, a flint: compare French silicique. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Smith, R.B., 1982a, Crustal structure and evolution of an explosive silicic volcanic system at Yellowstone National Park, Special preprint for”
“Planting directly into more silicic ash such as rhyolite is however more problematic, due to nutrient issues such as nitrogen and calcium deficiency (Neild and others, 1998).”
Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies
“Crustal structure and evolution of an explosive silicic volcanic system at Yellowstone National Park.”
“Some edaphic associations are Chamise series on shallow soils, Leather oak series on shallow serpentinitic soils, Needlegrass grasslands on Vertisols, and Manzanita shrublands on silicic sandstones.”
“Similar mixed inclusions of vapor and silicate melt have been described in silicic systems.”
“The silicate MI contained only 3 or 4 wt. % H2O, only one-third of that expected for a silicic melt saturated with a H2O-rich phase at over 600 MPa.”
“Nutrient concentrations (nitrates, phosphates, and silicic acid) are significantly lower than in other polar areas (see Sakshaug and Holm-Hansen, 1984).”
“Its main benefit is derived from its high silicic acid content.”
“Such is the case in both basaltic and some silicic magmas.”
“Blue coloration: silicic acid and silicates: light blue. alumina: dark blue”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘silicic’.
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silicon
chert, flint, chip, siloxane, duralumin, thyristor, siliciureted, memory chip, quartz, glass, silicium, silundum and 18 more...
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Monovocalics
Words that have only one of the vowels. On this list I include only words with at least three vowels. When I first started the list, if a word had several forms, I generally listed only the one wit...
syzygy, mirific, cumulus, homolog, monocot, bedewed, jezebel, referee, bikini, minikin, locomotor, terebenthene and 2359 more...
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Acid Jazz
sulfuric, hydrochloric, citric, hydrofluoric, nitric, ascorbic, perchloric, hydroiodic, hydrobromic, formic, acetic, hydrocyanic and 55 more...
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