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Definition: Zn

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. 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.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Zn" is a common misspelling or typo for: an, zen, NZ, zns, zno, ZM.

Date "Zn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1619. (references)

Specialty Definition: Zn

Domain Definition
Environment Zinc. (references)
Military First two letters in the Navy aircraft designation, indicating an airship (non-rigid). (references)
Public Administration The symbol for the metal zinc. Source: European Union. (references)
Weather Zone. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Zn

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).

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Extended Definition: ZN

ZN

ZN may stand for:

  • Air Bourbon, IATA airline designator
  • Azimuth
  • Zenith
  • zettanewton, an SI unit of force
  • Ziehl-Neelsen stain
  • ZiffNet

Zn may stand for:

  • Zinc, a metal

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ZN"



Topics by Level of Interest: Zn

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
ZN 2     ZN 2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"Zn" is a common misspelling or typo for: an, zen, NZ, zns, zno, ZM.

Synonyms: Zn
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 zinc, metal.
Consider also: plate, zincs, admixture, alloy.

Expression

 atomic number, metallic element.
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Computed Synonyms: Zn

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.0197   Zn     zinc     galvanize, spelter, zincs, plate, tin   
 2   1.0093   Zn     azimuth     awash, ah, azalea, Azerbaijan, afflux   
 3   1.0093   Zn     radium     radio, wireless, beam, ray, Ra   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: Zn

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Brazilian Portuguese Zn (Zn). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 元素锌的符号 (zn). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 元素鋅的符號 (zn), 鋅 (zinc, Zn). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish sinkki (zinc, Zn). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew צִינְק (zinc, Zn). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit צִינְק (zinc, Zn). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 亜鉛 (zinc, Zn, radium, spelter), 方位角 (azimuth, Zn). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese Zn (Zn). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi Zn (Zn). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) simbol za element cink (Zn). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea sinkki (zinc, Zn). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi sinkki (zinc, Zn). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska Zn (Zn). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish Zn (Zn). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Zn. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top

Constructed Language Translations: Zn

Language Translations for “Zn” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin Znay (Zn). Additional references: Pig Latin, Zn. (volunteer)
Terran B Zn (Zink, Zn, ZNT). Additional references: Terran B, Zn. (volunteer)
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