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noun
Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: zinc oxide, particularly white forms
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Medieval Latin nihil album (“white nothing”), from late medieval confusion of German nichts (“nothing”) and nix with Latin nix (“snow, snow-white thing”), used for white forms of zinc oxide. Doublet of nill.
