Silicic \Si*lic"ic\, a. [L. silex, silicis, a flint: cf. F.
silicique.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica;
specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic
acid.
Silicic acid (Chem.), an amorphous gelatinous substance,
Si(HO)4, very unstable and easily dried to silica, but
forming many stable salts; -- called also orthosilicic,
or normal silicic, acid.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
|