Zinc
[zɪŋk]
Definition
(noun.) a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende.
(verb.) coat or cover with zinc.
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Definition
(n.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9.
(v. t.) To coat with zinc; to galvanize.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
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Definition
n. a bluish-white metal breaking with a crystalline fracture—when chemically pure it is malleable and ductile at ordinary temperature but ordinary zinc is so only at temperatures above 212?Fahr.—v.t. to cover with zinc.—ns. Zinc′-am′yl a colourless transparent liquid composed of zinc and amyl; Zinc′-blende sphalerite native sulphide of zinc; Zinc′-bloom hydrozincite; Zinc-col′ic a colic caused by the slow poison of zinc-oxide; Zinc′-ē′thyl a colourless volatile liquid composed of zinc and the radical ethyl.—adjs. Zincif′erous Zinkif′erous containing or producing zinc.—ns. Zinc′ite a native oxide of zinc brittle translucent deep red; Zinckificā′tion Zinkificā′tion the process of coating or impregnating an object with zinc.—vs.t. Zinck′ify Zink′ify to cover or impregnate with zinc.—adjs. Zinck′y Zink′y pertaining to zinc: looking like zinc.—n. Zinc′-meth′yl a mobile stinking liquid spontaneously inflammable resembling zinc-ethyl.—adj. Zinc′oid like zinc.—ns. Zincol′ysis a mode of decomposition caused by an electric current; Zinc′olyte a body decomposable by electricity; Zinc′otype a zincograph.—adj. Zinc′ous pertaining to zinc.—ns. Zinc′-white zinc oxide used as a pigment; Zinc′-work′er.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To work with or to see zinc in your dreams, indicates substantial and energetic progress. Business will assume a brisk tone in its varying departments. To dream of zinc ore promises the approach of eventful success.
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Examples
- He made experiments, and at last succeeded in rendering the copper negatively electrical by the use of small pieces of tin, zinc, or iron nails. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But if carbon and zinc are used, a current is again produced, the zinc dissolving away as before, and bubbles collecting on the carbon plate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To make this incubator get your tinner to make you a tank 15 inches wide, 30 inches long, and 12 inches deep, of galvanized iron or zinc, the iron being preferable. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Take a vial about two-thirds full of muriatic acid and put into it little bits of sheet zinc as long as the acid will dissolve them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The metal underlying the silver plate of the best plated teaspoons is of nickel silver, a trade name for a metal composed of nickel, copper and zinc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the cell consists of copper, zinc, and dilute sulphuric acid, the electromotive force has a definite value which is always the same no matter what the size or shape of the cell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The hydrogen formed by the chemical action of the dilute sulphuric acid on the zinc moves toward the copper electrode, as in the simple voltaic cell. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is safe to say that electricity would never have been used on a large scale if some less expensive and more convenient source than zinc had not been found. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As soon as the plates are immersed in the acid solution, minute bubbles of gas rise from the zinc strip and it begins to waste away slowly. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He prepares a polished metal plate, generally zinc, with an extremely thin coating of film or fatty milk, which dries upon and adheres to the plate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A porous tube, _b_, holds a rod of amalgamated zinc, to the top of which a binding-screw is soldered. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The simplest illustration of electro-metallic deposition is obtained by immersing a silver spoon and a strip of zinc into a solution of sulphate of copper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In these were found large quantities of iron, considerable percentages of nickel, as well as cobalt, copper, silicon, phosphorus, c arbon, magnesium, zinc, and manganese. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The pans should be made of stout zinc one-half inch deep on the inside, with a lid or cover. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In India, where zinc and copper ore occur together, brass (which is an alloy of the two metals) was similarly hit upon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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