- any of a group of lustrous rock-forming minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminium, potassium, etc, in monoclinic crystalline form, occurring in igneous and metamorphic rock. Because of their resistance to electricity and heat they are used as dielectrics, in heating elements, etc
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mi•ca /ˈmaɪkə/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Mineralogya mineral that can be easily separated into thin transparent sheets.
mi•ca
(mī′kə),USA pronunciation n.
mi′ca•like′, adj.
- Mineralogyany member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae;
isinglass.
- Latin mīca crumb, morsel, grain
- 1700–10
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mica /ˈmaɪkə/ n
'mica' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aventurine
- Chota Nagpur
- exfoliate
- Jharkhand
- micelle
- rhyolite
- talc
- anomite
- arkose
- biotite
- book
- eclogite
- gneiss
- granite
- greisen
- isinglass
- itacolumite
- lepidolite
- margarite
- micaceous
- mosaic
- Muscovite
- ottrelite
- paragonite
- phlogopite
- phyllite
- Rayleigh disk
- trachyte
- unmicaceous
- Wimshurst machine
- zinnwaldite
- sheet
- silicate
- spangled glass