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zinc

(zĭngk)

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, meter cases and batteries, and in roofing, gutters, and various household objects. US pennies minted after 1982 consist of a copper-clad zinc core. Atomic number 30; atomic weight 65.38; melting point 419.53°C; boiling point 907°C; specific gravity 7.134 (at 25°C); valence 2. See Periodic Table.

tr.v. zinced, zinc·ing, zincs or zincked or zinck·ing 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.]

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zinc

(zɪŋk)

1. (Elements & Compounds) a brittle bluish-white metallic element that becomes coated with a corrosion-resistant layer in moist air and occurs chiefly in sphalerite and smithsonite. It is a constituent of several alloys, esp brass and nickel-silver, and is used in die-casting, galvanizing metals, and in battery electrodes. Symbol: Zn; atomic no: 30; atomic wt: 65.39; valency: 2; relative density: 7.133; melting pt: 419.58°C; boiling pt: 907°C

2. (Metallurgy) informal corrugated galvanized iron

[C17: from German Zink, perhaps from Zinke prong, from its jagged appearance in the furnace]

ˈzincic, ˈzincous, ˈzincoid adj

ˈzincky, ˈzincy, ˈzinky adj

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zinc

(zɪŋk)

n., v. zincked zinced (zɪŋkt) zinck•ing zinc•ing (ˈzɪŋ kɪŋ) n.

1. a ductile, bluish white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. Symbol: Zn; at. wt.: 65.37; at. no.: 30; sp. gr.: 7.14 at 20°C.

v.t.

2. to coat or cover with zinc.

[1635–45; < German Zink, perhaps derivative of Zinke(n) prong, from the spikelike form it takes in a furnace]

zinc

(zĭngk)

Symbol Zn A shiny, bluish-white metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but is easily shaped when heated. It is widely used in alloys such as brass and bronze, as a coating for iron and steel, and in various household objects. Zinc is essential to the growth of humans and animals. Atomic number 30. See Periodic Table.

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Zinc

zinc

[zɪŋk]

A. N → zinc m, cinc m

B. CPD zinc ointment N → pomada f de zinc
zinc oxide N → óxido m de zinc

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zinc

[ˈzɪŋk]

n → zinc m

modif [mine, smelter, production, oxide] → de zinc; [cream] → à l'oxyde de zinc

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zinc

n → Zink nt

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zinc

[zɪŋk]

1. n → zinco

2. adj → di zinco

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

zinc

(ziŋk) noun

a bluish-white metallic element.

zinc

→ زِنْك zinek zink Zink ψευδάργυρος cinc sinkki zinc cink zinco 亜鉛 아연 zink sink cynk zinco цинк zink สังกะสี çinko kẽm 锌

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zinc

n. zinc, elemento metálico cristalino de propiedad astringente.

___ ointment → pomada de ___;

___ peroxide → peróxido de ___;

___ sulphate → sulfato de ___.

zinc

n zinc m; — oxide óxido de zinc

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There was also a zinc locker, but he was unable to negotiate the padlock of this.

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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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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.

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That great Frenchman first carried out the conception that living bodies, fundamentally considered, are not associations of organs which can be understood by studying them first apart, and then as it were federally; but must be regarded as consisting of certain primary webs or tissues, out of which the various organs--brain, heart, lungs, and so on-- are compacted, as the various accommodations of a house are built up in various proportions of wood, iron, stone, brick, zinc, and the rest, each material having its peculiar composition and proportions.

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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.

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"The veteran and elite industrialists of Iran have recently designed and innovated a new way to process and condense the low-grade ores in the country's lead and zinc mines," Head of the union to export lead and zinc industries and mines' products Hassan Hosseinqoli said on Monday.

Noun	1.	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 atomic number 30, Zn 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)
Verb	1.	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"