Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (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;
[syn: zinc, Zn, atomic number 30]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
atomic number 30
n 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 [syn: zinc,
Zn, atomic number 30]