Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium;
it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber;
it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon;
[syn: zirconium, Zr, atomic number 40]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Zr
n 1: a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling
titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron
absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly
from zircon [syn: zirconium, Zr, atomic number 40]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
zr
The old country code for Zaire.
"cd" is now used instead, since Zaire changed its name to
the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(1999-01-27)