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🧪 With two silicates 🔬 A double silicate
disilicate

disilicate

9.9
Having two silicate groups joined together
  • adjective
  • Specialized
: disilicato
  • Lithium disilicate ceramics are widely used in modern dental restorations due to their strength.

Examples

  • More studies on lithium-disilicate implant-supported crowns are required.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Engineers are exploring disilicate compounds for use in improved semiconductor applications.

  • The research focused on the properties of disilicate materials in creating advanced glass composites.

Surface Forms

disilicate positive

Morphology

disilicate = silicate (semi-transparent) = di + silicate

Formally 'di-' (two) + 'silicate' is transparent in chemical nomenclature, but both elements are technical combining forms that an average B1 learner would not fully interpret without chemistry knowledge.

Etymology

Disilicate combines the prefix di- meaning 'two' with silicate, which comes from silica meaning 'sand' or 'flint'. So, as an adjective, disilicate describes something that contains or relates to two silicate parts.