HyperDic: vitreous_silica

English > 1 sense of the expression vitreous silica:
NOUNsubstancevitreous silica, quartz glass, quartz, lechatelierite, crystalcolorless glass made of almost pure silica
English > vitreous silica: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaningcolorless glass made of almost pure silica.
Synonymsquartz glass, quartz, lechatelierite, crystal
Broadernatural glassmagma of any composition that cooled very rapidly
Substancessilica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxideA white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2)
Spanishcristal de cuarzo, cristal, lechatelierite
Catalancristall, lechatelierita, lechatelierite

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