n. [ F., the same word as jargon. See Jargon a variety of zircon. ]
Zircon syenite,
n. [ NL. ] (Chem.) Zirconia. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of zirconic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL. ] (Chem.) The oxide of zirconium (
cubic zirconia.
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zirconium;
Zirconic acid,
n. [ NL. ] (Chem.) A rare element of the carbon-silicon group, intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark sooty powder, or as a gray metallic crystalline substance. Symbol Zr. Atomic weight, 90.4. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Physics) A light, similar to the calcium light, produced by incandescent zirconia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
See Zirco-. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Zircon + oid. ] (Crystallog.) A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon. [ 1913 Webster ]