Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Metasilicic

Metasilicic , adjective

[Prefix meta- + silicic.]

(Chemistry) Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid.

The salts of metasilicic acid are often called bisilicates, in mineralogy, as Wollastonite (CaSiO3).

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Metasilicic acid (Chemistry) , a gelatinous substance, or white amorphous powder, analogous to carbonic acid, and forming many stable salts.