zinc oxide

English

Noun

zinc oxide (uncountable)

1. (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

• Dutch: zinkoxide (nl) n
• Estonian: tsinkoksiid
• Finnish: sinkkioksidi
• French: oxyde de zinc (fr) m, calamine, nihil-gris, nihil-blanc
• Georgian: თუთიის ოქსიდი (tutiis oksidi), თუთიის ჟანგი (tutiis žangi)
• 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
• Portuguese: óxido de zinco m
• Sanskrit: पुष्पाञ्जन (sa) (puṣpāñjana)
• Spanish: óxido de cinc m
• Swedish: zinkoxid (sv)