zirconia

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /zɜːˈkəʊ.ni.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /zɝˈkoʊ.ni.ə/

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Noun

zirconia (countable and uncountable, plural zirconias)

1. (chemistry) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummond light.

Synonyms

• zirconium dioxide

Derived terms

• cubic zirconia
• zirconian

Related terms

• zircon, zircona

Translations

oxide of zirconium

• French: zircone (fr) f
• Italian: zirconia f
• Polish: cyrkonia (pl) f

“zirconia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Noun

zircōnia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of zircōnium