orthosilicate

== English == === Etymology === From ortho- +‎ silicate. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ortho‧sili‧cate === Noun === orthosilicate (plural orthosilicates) (inorganic chemistry) Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M+)4SiO44− or Si(OR)4. (mineralogy) Any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO4 tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other. Synonyms: nesosilicate, island silicate ==== Hypernyms ==== (mineralogy): silicate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====