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zinc

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zinc  (zngk)
n. Symbol Zn
A bluish-white, lustrous metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but malleable with heating. It is used to form a wide variety of alloys including brass, bronze, various solders, and nickel silver, in galvanizing iron and other metals, for electric fuses, anodes, and meter cases, and in roofing, gutters, and various household objects. Atomic number 30; atomic weight 65.39; melting point 419.4°C; boiling point 907°C; specific gravity 7.133 (25°C); valence 2. See Table at element.
tr.v. zinced or zincked, zinc·ing or zinck·ing, zincs or zincks
To coat or treat with zinc; galvanize.

[German Zink, possibly from Zinke, spike (so called because it becomes jagged in the furnace), from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko.]

zinc
Noun
Chem a brittle bluish-white metallic element that is used in alloys such as brass, to form a protective coating on metals, and in battery electrodes Symbol: Zn[German Zink]

zinc  (zngk)
Symbol Zn
A shiny, bluish-white metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but is malleable when heated. It is used in alloys such as brass and bronze, as a coating for iron and steel, and in various household objects. Zinc is essential to human and animal growth. Atomic number 30; atomic weight 65.39; melting point 419.4°C; boiling point 907°C; specific gravity 7.133 (25°C); valence 2. See Periodic Table.

Zinc
See also metals.

Obsolete, a type of photoengraving using a sensitized zinc plate.
the coating of steel and iron with a thin cladding of zinc. — sherardize, v.
1. a lithographic or offset process using zinc plates.
2. a letter press printing process using engraved or photoengraved zinc plates. — zincographer, n.zincographic, zincographical, adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.zinc - 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
metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
spelter - impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots)
Verb1.zinc - coat or cover with zinc
coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate"
Translations

zinc [zɪŋk] ncinc m; zinc m
zinc [zɪŋk] nzinc m
zinc [zɪŋk] nZink nt
zinc [zɪŋk] nzinco

zinc
n zinc [ziŋk]
a bluish-white metallic element. sinkزِنْك، خارْصينцинкzinekzinkdas Zinkψευδάργυροςcinctsinkرویsinkkizincאָבָץजस्ता, चढ़ना, जस्त, यशदcinkcinksengsinkzinco亜鉛아연cinkascinkszinkzinksinkcynkzincozincцинкzinokcinkcinkzinkสังกะสี (สัญลักษณ์ทางเคมีคือ Zn)çinkoцинкجستkẽm

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There was no water in the bared and burning bars of the river to reflect the vertical sun, but under its direct rays one or two tinned roofs and corrugated zinc cabins struck fire, a few canvas tents became dazzling to the eye, and the white wooded corral of the stage office and hotel insupportable.
She called Raoul to come quite close to her and they walked side by side along the zinc streets, in the leaden avenues; they looked at their twin shapes in the huge tanks, full of stagnant water, where, in the hot weather, the little boys of the ballet, a score or so, learn to swim and dive.
If Sir Percival and the Count sat and smoked to-night, as I had seen them sitting and smoking many nights before, with their chairs close at the open window, and their feet stretched on the zinc garden seats which were placed under the verandah, every word they said to each other above a whisper (and no long conversation, as we all know by experience, can be carried on IN a whisper) must inevitably reach my ears.
 
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