silicified

silicified
a) combined with silicon
b) impregnated with silica; petrified

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  • Silicified — Si*lic i*fied, a. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • silicified — / lisˈ/ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑silica …   Useful english dictionary

  • Silicified — Silicify Si*lic i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silicified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Silicifying}.] [L. silex, silicis, a flint + fy: cf. F. silicifier.] (Chem.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • silicified wood — wood that has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of the wood by siliceous waters. * * * …   Universalium

  • silicified wood — /səˌlɪsəfaɪd ˈwʊd/ (say suh.lisuhfuyd wood) noun wood which has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of the wood by siliceous waters …  

  • silicified wood — noun Etymology: from past participle of silicify : chalcedony in the form of petrified wood often preserving even microscopic details of the replaced wood * * * wood that has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Liste der Geoparks in der Volksrepublik China — Dies ist eine Liste der Staatlichen chinesischen Geoparks (chinesisch 中国国家地质公园 Zhongguo Guojia Dizhi Gongyuan, engl. National Geoparks of China), das heißt der hundertachtunddreißig Geoparks, die seit 2007 auf der Liste der chinesischen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Silicify — Si*lic i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silicified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Silicifying}.] [L. silex, silicis, a flint + fy: cf. F. silicifier.] (Chem.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Silicifying — Silicify Si*lic i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silicified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Silicifying}.] [L. silex, silicis, a flint + fy: cf. F. silicifier.] (Chem.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • West Virginia — This article is about the U.S. state of West Virginia. For other uses, see West Virginia (disambiguation). State of West Virginia …   Wikipedia

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