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• electric calamine — noun Etymology: so called from its strong pyroelectric properties : hemimorphite * * * electric calamine noun The mineral hemimorphite, which becomes positively electrified at one end and negatively at the other when its temperature rises, and… …   Useful english dictionary

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• Butter of zinc — Zinc inc (z[i^][ng]k), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flowers of zinc — Zinc inc (z[i^][ng]k), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English