"silica gel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silica gels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} silica gel (countable and uncountable, plural silica gels)
  1. (chemistry) A granular, porous form of silica made synthetically from sodium silicate and used as a desiccant. Wikipedia link: silica gel Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (granular form of silica): силикагел (silikagel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 硅膠 (Chinese Mandarin), 硅胶 (guījiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), silikageeli (Finnish), Kieselgel [neuter] (German), シリカゲル (shirikageru) (Japanese), silikażel [masculine] (Polish)

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