inosilicate
noun
ino·silicate
¦inō,
¦īnō+
: 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, tectosilicate
Word History
Etymology
in- entry 3 + silicate