ZINC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zinc mean? 

• ZINC (noun)
  The noun ZINC 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: ZINC used as a noun is very rare.

• ZINC (verb)
  The verb ZINC has 1 sense:

1. coat or cover with zinc

  Familiarity information: ZINC used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZINC (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 30; zinc; Zn

Hypernyms ("zinc" 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 "zinc"):

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

• ZINC (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they zinc    ... he / she / it zincs   
Past simple: zinced    / zincked   
Past participle: zinced    / zinked   
-ing form: zincKing    / zincing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coat or cover with zinc

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "zinc" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

No conclusions or recommendations for zinc supplements can be made at this time.

(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Originally identified in the TFIIIA transcription factor, it is also known as the C2H2 zinc finger.

(C2H2 Zinc Finger, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MORC family CW-type zinc finger protein 3, plays a role in binding to both nuclear matrix proteins and RNA.

(MORC3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Zinc finger domains are thought to be involved in DNA-binding.

(C3H1 Zinc Finger, NCI Thesaurus)

HDM2, a zinc finger protein and a negative regulator of the p53 pathway, is often overexpressed in cancer cells.

(p53-HDM2 Interaction Inhibitor MI-773, NCI Thesaurus)

The pattern was more complex for zinc.

(Baby teeth link autism and heavy metals, NIH)

MORC family CW-type zinc finger protein 3 (939 aa, ~107 kDa) is encoded by the human MORC3 gene.

(MORC Family CW-Type Zinc Finger Protein 3, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes zinc finger protein HRX, is involved in the modulation of transcription by RNA Polymerase II.

(MLL wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This rearrangement is associated with both aberrant expression of the transcription factor zinc finger protein PLAG1 and lipoblastoma.

(COL1A2/PLAG1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The Nurf301 subunit contains a bromodomain transcription factor domain, a zinc finger binding domain, nuclear localization signals, and motifs associated with rapid protein degradation.

(NURF, NCI Thesaurus)