of, concerned with, or containing silicon or an acid obtained from silicon
silicic in American English
(səˈlɪsɪk)
adjective
of, like, or derived from silica or silicon
Word origin
silica + -ic
silicic in American English
(səˈlɪsɪk)
adjective Chemistry
1.
containing silicon
2.
of or pertaining to silica or acids derived from it
Word origin
[1810–20; silic(a) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cleavage, duplex, liberalism, technique, unitary-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'silicic' in a sentence
silicic
Monomeric silicic acid forms and polymerizes to amorphous silica particles.
Sebastian Wilhelm, Matthias Kind 2015, 'Influence of pH, Temperature and Sample Size on Natural and Enforced Syneresis ofPrecipitated Silica', Polymershttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/7/12/1528. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mechanisms of hazardous silicic eruptions are controlled by complex, poorly-understood conduit processes.
Elodie eSaubin, Hugh eTuffen, Lucia eGurioli, Jacqueline eOwen, Jonathan Michael Castro,Kim eBerlo, Ellen eMcGowan, C. Ian Schipper, Katia eWehbe 2016, 'Conduit dynamics in transitional rhyolitic activity recorded by tuffisite vein texturesfrom the 2008-2009 Chaitén eruption', Frontiers in Earth Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/feart.2016.00059/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two stages of the collapse were interrupted by silicic andesite lavas and domes.
Igan S. Sutawidjaja 2014, 'Ignimbrite Analyses of Batur Caldera, Bali, based on 14C Dating', Indonesian Journal on Geosciencehttps://ijog.geologi.esdm.go.id/index.php/IJOG/article/view/80. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, the effects of their admixtures and gradual applications with silicic acid esters were examined.
Jan Vojtěchovský 2017, 'SURFACE CONSOLIDATION OF WALL PAINTINGS USING LIME NANO-SUSPENSIONS', Acta Polytechnicahttps://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap/article/view/4093. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The treatments consisted of applications of silicic acid associated or not with different rates of the insecticide lufenuron.
Danila Kelly Pereira Neri, Flávia Batista Gomes, Jair Campos Moraes, Gleidson Bezerrade Góes, Saulo de Tarcio Pereira Marrocos 2009, 'Influência do silício na suscetibilidade de Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) ao inseticida lufenuron e no desenvolvimento de plantas de milho Influenceof silicon in the susceptibility of Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E.Smith) (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) to the insecticide lufenuron and in the development of corn plants', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782009000600001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Variation in pigments at the sediment surface was most important to explain variation in fluxes of silicic acid.
H. Link, G. Chaillou, A. Forest, D. Piepenburg, P. Archambault 2013, 'Multivariate benthic ecosystem functioning in the Arctic – benthic fluxes explainedby environmental parameters in the southeastern Beaufort Sea', Biogeoscienceshttp://www.biogeosciences.net/10/5911/2013/bg-10-5911-2013.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)