atomic number 30

1. 1.

   a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende

   SynonymszincZn

   Broadermetallic element

   Narrowerspelter

Questions about atomic number 30

What does atomic number 30 mean?

atomic number 30 means "a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende".

What is another word for atomic number 30?

Close synonyms include zinc, Zn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 30 a common word?

atomic number 30 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.