zinc : Idioms & Phrases


Butter of zinc

  • (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, ZnCl2, a deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
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flowers of zinc

  • noun oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment
    philosopher's wool; flowers of zinc; philosophers' wool.
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Oxide of zinc

  • . (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below.
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Ruby of zinc

  • (Min.), zinc sulphide; the mineral zinc blende or sphalerite.
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Zinc amine

  • (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, Zn(NH2)2, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc ethyl; called also zinc amide.
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Zinc amyle

  • (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid, composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
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Zinc blende

  • noun an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form
    blende; sphalerite.
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  • cf. G. zinkblende (Min.), a native zinc sulphide. See Blende, n. (a)
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Zinc bloom

  • cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of zinc (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring in white earthy incrustations; called also hydrozincite.
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zinc cadmium sulfide

  • noun cadmium sulfide containing zinc
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zinc deficiency

  • noun a deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases
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Zinc ethyl

  • (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
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Zinc green

  • a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt oxides; called also Rinmann's green.
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Zinc methyl

  • (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2, produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc amyle, etc.
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zinc ointment

  • noun an ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseases
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Zinc oxide

  • noun oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment
    philosopher's wool; flowers of zinc; philosophers' wool.
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  • (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; called also flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album, etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal, roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also pompholyx, and tutty.
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Zinc spinel

  • (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel, consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and aluminium; gahnite.
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zinc sulfate

  • noun a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc
    white vitriol; zinc sulfate; zinc sulphate.
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zinc sulfide

  • noun a yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment
    zinc sulfide.
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zinc sulphate

  • noun a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc
    white vitriol; zinc sulfate; zinc sulphate.
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zinc sulphide

  • noun a yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment
    zinc sulfide.
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Zinc vitriol

  • noun a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc
    white vitriol; zinc sulfate; zinc sulphate.
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  • (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol, under Vitriol.
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Zinc white

  • noun a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide
    Chinese white.
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  • a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used as a pigment.
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