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inosilicate: Meaning and Definition of
in•o•sil•i•cate
Pronunciation: (in"u-sil'i-kit, -kāt", ī"nu-), [key]
— n. Mineral.
- any silicate having a structure consisting of paired parallel chains of tetrahedral silicate groups, every other of which shares an oxygen atom with a group of the other chain, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 4 to 11. Cf. cyclosilicate, nesosilicate, sorosilicate, tektosilicate.
