Reference meaning
zinc
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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
Related source terms
znatomic number 30
Other meanings
2. verb
coat or cover with zinc
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