ATOMIC NUMBER 30

 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic number 30 mean? 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 30 (noun)
  The noun ATOMIC NUMBER 30 has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ATOMIC NUMBER 30 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 30 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 30; zinc; Zn

Hypernyms ("atomic number 30" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atomic number 30"):

spelter (impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots))