1842 T. Graham Elem. Chem. 209The surface of the zinc presented to the acid has zincous affinity, or is zinco-polar.
Ibid. 222On the electrical hypothesis a body which is thus decomposed in the active cells..is called an electrolyte,..and this kind of decomposition is distinguished as electrolysis. The chemical expressions equivalent to these are zincolyte and zincolysis.
1851 Watts tr. Gmelin'sHandbk. Chem. V. 36Carbonate of Zinc-oxide and Ammonia.—Zinco⁓ammonic Carbonate.
Ibid. 481Zinco-cupric Sulphate.
1869 Eng. Mech. 19 Mar. 575/2White lead is..more siccative than the zinco-sulphate.
1889 Athenæum 12 Oct. 492/2 The two volumes are copiously illustrated by a zincotype process.
1890 Woodbury Encycl. Phot. 535In Zincotypes the zinc is first coated with bitumen or bichromated gelatine or albumen.
1892 Dana's Min. (ed. 6) 269Zincocalcite. Contains some zinc carbonate; one specimen from Olkucz, Poland, gave Gibbs 4·07 ZnO.
1892 Daily News 23 Sept. 8/6 Zincotyper is open for Engagement.
ORIGIN: from Modern Latin zincum zinc : see -o- .
zinco-
combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary zinc + -o-
: zinc
< zincolysis >
< zincolysis >
zinco-
Prefix
- containing, or combined with, or using zinc