zinc

[ zingk ]

noun

1. Chemistry. a ductile, bluish-white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. : Zn; : 65.37; : 30; : 7.14 at 20°C.
2. a piece of this metal used as an element in a voltaic cell.

verb (used with object)

zincked or zinced [zingkt],zincking or zincing [zing, -king].

1. to coat or cover with zinc.

zinc

/ zɪŋk /

noun

1. 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. informal.
   corrugated galvanized iron

zinc

/ zĭngk /

1. 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.
2. See Periodic Table

Derived Forms

• ˈzincic, adjective
• ˈzincky, adjective

Other Words From

• zincky zincy zinky adjective
• zincoid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of zinc¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of zinc¹

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

Example Sentences

The MOF studied by Rohde, Carsch, Long and their colleagues instead features pores decorated with zinc hydride sites, which also bind CO2.

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"This work shows that with the right functionality -- here, zinc hydride sites -- rapid, reversible, high-capacity capture of CO2 can indeed be accomplished at high temperatures such as 300 C."

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Other authors of the paper are Jeffrey Reimer, a UC Berkeley professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, whose lab provided evidence from NMR spectroscopy to support the unique mechanism of CO2 capture by the zinc hydride sites in the MOF; Craig Brown of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland, who also provided critical structural data supporting the proposed mechanism; and UC Berkeley chemistry professor Martin Head-Gordon, whose lab provided a computational understanding of the high-temperature CO2 capture behavior.

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Dietary zinc deficiency promotes lung infection by Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria -- a leading cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a new study published Nov. 15 in the journal Nature Microbiology.

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The findings suggest that anti-IL-13 antibodies, which are FDA-approved for use in humans, may protect against bacterial pneumonia in patients with zinc deficiency.

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