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Definition: Zn |
ZnNoun1. 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 as zinc sulphide in zinc blende. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Public Administration | The symbol for the metal zinc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ZN | Dutch | Hansworst | European Union, Sports & Leisure |
ZN | English | Ziehl-Neelsen | Medicine |
Zn | Finnish | Sinkki | Public Administration |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ZnSynonyms: atomic number 30 (n), zinc (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Zn |
| Specialty definitions using "Zn": chalcophile ♦ extractable metal ♦ mineralized-cell process ♦ Zinc Radioisotopes. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Zn" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (Zn). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | De Rotterdamsche Ambulance Te La Chapelle / M.C.S. del. Wed. E. Spanier & Zn Lith. v. Z. M. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Zn" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zn" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Zn": Zn-cu-pb, zn-finger, zn-fingers, Zn-pb-ba, Zn-sod. | |
Ending with "Zn": Ba-pb-zn, Cu-pb-zn, Cu-zn. | |
Containing "Zn": Pb-zn-ba. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
zn | 17 |
1300 1300 kz kz1300 zn zn1300 | 9 |
1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 kawasaki kz kz kz1300 z z z1300 zn zn zn1300 | 4 |
vision zn | 3 |
al alloy microstructure phase zn | 3 |
al mg zn | 2 |
al alloy structure zn | 2 |
al alloy diffraction ray x zn | 2 |
manukan zn | 2 |
battery ni zn | 2 |
chelate foliar mn zn | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Zn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Zn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Zn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sinkki (zinc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Zn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Zn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Zn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | znay Zn. (various references) Zn. (various references) Zn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words containing "Zn": biznaga, biznagas, kibbutznik, kibbutzniks, kolkhoznik, kolkhozniki, kolkhozniks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "n-z" | |
+1 letter: zin. | |
+2 letters: azan, azon, nazi, zany, zein, zinc, zing, zins, zone, zonk, zoon. | |
+3 letters: azans, azine, azlon, azons, bonze, cozen, dizen, dozen, enzym, gonzo, hazan, mizen, nazis, nertz, nizam, nudzh, ozone, sozin, unzip, winze, wizen, zanza, zayin, zazen, zeins, zincs, zincy, zineb, zings, zingy, zinky, zonal, zoned, zoner, zones, zonks, zoons. | |
+4 letters: agnize, amazon, azines, azlons, azonal, azonic, banzai, benzal, benzin, benzol, benzyl, bezant, bizone, blazon, blintz, bonzer, bonzes, brazen, bronze, bronzy, byzant, chazan, chintz, cozens, dazing, dezinc, diazin, dizens, donzel, dozens, dozing, enzyme, enzyms, evzone, fazing, frenzy, frozen, fuzing, gazing, hazans, hazing, hazzan, ionize, khazen, kwanza, lazing, mazing, mizens, mizzen, nazify, nizams, nozzle, nuzzle, oozing, ozones, ozonic, panzer, razing, rezone, schnoz, seizin, sizing, snazzy, sneeze, sneezy, snooze, snoozy, sozine, sozins, stanza, tarzan, unzips, winzes, wizens, wizzen, zanana, zander, zanier, zanies, zanily, zanzas, zayins, zazens, zeatin, zechin, zenana, zenith, zinced, zincic, zincky, zinebs, zinged, zinger, zinnia, zircon, zonary, zonate, zoners, zoning, zonked, zonula, zonule, zoonal, zounds. | |
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