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ne•so•sil•i•cate
Pronunciation: (nē"sō-sil'i-kit, -kāt", nes"ō-), [key]—
n. Mineral.
any silicate, as olivine, in which the SiO
4 tetrahedra are not interlinked. Cf.
cyclosilicate, inosilicate, sorosilicate, tektosilicate. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.