A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Zinc + -ode, as in electrode. ] (Elec.) The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode. [ R. ] Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A zinc plate prepared for printing by zincography; also, a print from such a plate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. An engraver on zinc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Zinco- + -graphy. ] The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Zinc + -oid. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the electricity of the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Zinco- + polar. ] (Elec.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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