释义 |
zincous, a. Chem. and Electr.|ˈzɪŋkəs| [f. mod.L. zinc-um zinc + -ous.] Pertaining to or of the nature of zinc; having the affinity of zinc; relatively electropositive. (Opp. to chlorous.)
1842T. Graham Elem. Chem. 204 The zincous pole. 1868Fowne's Chem. (ed. 10) 277 It is true in a general way that those elements which differ most strongly in their electrical characters, chlorine and potassium, for example, are likewise those which combine together with the greatest energy; and the division of bodies into electro-positive and electro-negative is therefore retained; the former are also called acid or chlorous, and the latter basylous or zincous. |