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zinc silicate
noun
Definition of zinc silicate
: a silicate of zinc; especially : the fluorescent crystalline orthosilicate that occurs in nature as willemite, that is made synthetically from zinc oxide and silica or a silicate solution, and that is used in activated form in phosphors
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