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zinc sulfide
noun
: a fluorescent white to yellowish compound ZnS used especially as a white pigment and a phosphor
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In fact, scientists have been doing studies like this since the 1960s, releasing tracers such as zinc sulfide powder or sulfur hexafluoride gas into the stratosphere to study air currents.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
Now that the ship is out of water, those nanoparticles—namely zinc sulfide—are oxidizing and becoming acidic, reports Ars Technica.
—Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2021
Surrounding this core is an intermediate unreactive layer, for example a zinc sulfide shell.
—Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
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First Known Use
1851, in the meaning defined above
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“Zinc sulfide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zinc%20sulfide. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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zinc sulfide
noun
: a white to yellowish compound used especially as a white coloring matter
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