English Explanatory Dictionary

nihil album

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.

Word forms

nihil album

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

zinc oxide particularly white forms
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