zinc oxide

English

Noun

zinc oxide (uncountable)

(chemistry) An amorphous solid, ZnO, white when pure but often pale yellow, used in pigments and cosmetics

Synonyms

flowers of zinc

Hyponyms

(pink): calamine; calaminaris, lapis calaminaris, cadmia (obsolete)
(white): zinc white, Chinese white, nill, nihil album, white snow, philosopher's wool

Translations

amorphous solid

Estonian: tsinkoksiid
Finnish: sinkkioksidi
French: oxyde de zinc (fr) m, calamine, nihil-gris, nihil-blanc
Greek:
Ancient: καδμεία f (kadmeía)
Hindi: जस्ता जारकिक (jastā jārkik)
Latin: cadmia, calamina, nix (la), nihil album, calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
Malay: zink oksida
Polish: tlenek cynku m
Sanskrit: पुष्पाञ्जन (sa) (puṣpāñjana)
Spanish: óxido de cinc m
Swedish: zinkoxid (sv)

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