Found 2 hits - Term: nihil album, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nihil \ni"hil\, n. l.
nothing.
1913 webster
nihil album l., white nothing chem., oxide of zinc. see
under zinc.
nihil debet l., he owes nothing law, the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
nihil dicit l., he says nothing law, a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --tomlins.
1913 webster
see also:
nihil album zinc nihil debet nihil dicit
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
zinc \zinc\ zi^ngk, n. g. zink, probably akin to zinn
tin: cf. f. zinc, from the german. cf. tin. chem.
an abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. it is not
easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
coating galvanized iron, etc. it is used in making brass,
britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
electric batteries. symbol zn. atomic number 30. atomic
weight 65.38. formerly written also zink.
1913 webster
butter of zinc old chem., zinc chloride, zncl2, a
deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
oxide of zinc. chem. see zinc oxide, below.
zinc amine chem., a white amorphous substance,
znnh22, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
ethyl; -- called also zinc amide.
zinc amyle chem., a colorless, transparent liquid,
composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
zinc blende cf. g. zinkblende min., a native zinc
sulphide. see blende, n.
a .
zinc bloom cf. g. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
zinc min., hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
hydrozincite.
zinc ethyl chem., a colorless, transparent, poisonous
liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
oxides; -- called also rinmann's green.
zinc methyl chem., a colorless mobile liquid znch32,
produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
alloy. it has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
inflammable in the air. it has been of great importance in
the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
amyle, etc.
zinc oxide chem., the oxide of zinc, zno, forming a
light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album,
etc. the impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
pompholyx, and tutty.
zinc spinel min., a mineral, related to spinel,
consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
aluminium; gahnite.
zinc vitriol chem., zinc sulphate. see white vitriol,
under vitriol.
zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
as a pigment.
1913 webster
see also:
tin zink butter of zinc zncl2 oxide of zinc zinc oxide
zinc amine znnh22 zinc amide zinc amyle zinc blende
blende zinc bloom hydrozincite zinc ethyl zinc green
rinmann's green zinc methyl znch32 zno flowers of zinc
philosopher's wool nihil album pompholyx tutty zinc spinel
zinc vitriol white vitriol vitriol zinc white
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