zinc : Idioms & Phrases

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

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• 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.) See Zinc oxide, below.

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

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• (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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• (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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• 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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• 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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• noun cadmium sulfide containing zinc
  

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

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

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

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

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

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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