inosilicate
noun
ino·silicate
| \ ¦inō, ¦īnō+\
Definition of inosilicate
: a class of polymeric silicates in which the silicon-oxygen tetrahedral groups share half of their oxygen atoms so as to form straight chains of indefinite length
also
: a member of this class
— called also metasilicate
— compare cyclosilicate, nesosilicate, phyllosilicate, sorosilicate, tectosilicateKeep scrolling for more