Zincographic
(Zin`co*graph"ic Zin`co*graph"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to zincography; as, zincographic
processes.
Zincography
(Zin*cog"ra*phy) n. [Zinco- + -graphy.] The art or process of engraving or etching on
zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten
away by acid.
Zincoid
(Zinc"oid) a. [Zinc + - oid.] Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; — said of the electricity of the
zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole.
[Obs.]
Zinco-polar
(Zin`co-po"lar) a. [Zinco- + polar.] (Elec.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc
presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity. [Obs.]
Zincous
(Zinc"ous) a.
1. (Chem.) (a) Of, pertaining to, or containing, zinc; zincic; as, zincous salts. (b) Hence, formerly,
basic, basylous, as opposed to chlorous.
2. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.
Zingaro
(||Zin"ga*ro) n.; pl. Zingari [It.] A gypsy.
Zingel
(Zing"el) n. (Zoöl.) A small, edible, freshwater European perch having a round, elongated body
and prominent snout.
Zingiberaceous
(Zin`gi*ber*a"ceous) a. [L. zingiber ginger. See Ginger.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to
ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereæ) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineæ. See Scitamineous.
Zink
(Zink) n. (Chem.) See Zinc. [Obs.]
Zinkenite
(Zink"en*ite) n. [From Zinken, director at one time of the Hanoverian mines.] (Min.) A steel-
gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead.
Zinky
(Zink"y) a. See Zincky. Kirwan.
Zinnia
(||Zin"ni*a) n. [NL. So called after Professor Zinn, of Göttingen.] (Bot.) Any plant of the composite
genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is
the commonest species in cultivation.
Zinnwaldite
(Zinn"wald*ite) n. [So called after Zinnwald, in Bohemia, where it occurs.] (Min.) A kind
of mica containing lithium, often associated with tin ore.
Zinsang
(Zin"sang) n. (Zoöl.) The delundung.
Zinziberaceous
(Zin`zi*ber*a"ceous) a. (Bot.) Same as Zingiberaceous.
Zion
(Zi"on) n. [Heb. tsiyn, originally, a hill.]
1. (Jewish Antiq.) A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the
royal residence of David and his successors.
2. Hence, the theocracy, or church of God.
3. The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven.
Ziphioid
(Ziph"i*oid) n. (Zoöl.) See Xiphioid.
