Used chiefly in technical contexts meaning ‘to treat or impregnate with a silicate solution’.
Traductions
The laboratory silicated the wooden samples to improve their resistance to decay.
Le laboratoire a silicaté les échantillons de bois pour améliorer leur résistance à la dégradation.
Traductions supplémentaires
silicaterEmploi technique, avec sens de transformation chimique. Définitions
To treat, impregnate, or coat (a material) with a silicate solution so as to render it fireproof, waterproof, or hardened. The laboratory silicated the wooden samples to improve their resistance to decay.
To become combined with or converted into a silicate through chemical reaction or heat treatment; to undergo silication. During geothermal alteration, the volcanic ash gradually silicated and formed a dense, glassy rock.
Synonymes
impregnate with silica
coat with silica
Often used attributively in scientific contexts (e.g., ‘silicate glass’).
Traductions
Silicate glass has excellent thermal stability.
Le verre silicaté présente une excellente stabilité thermique.
Définitions
Relating to, consisting of, or containing silicate minerals or compounds. Silicate glass has excellent thermal stability.