combining form of mod.L. zincum ZINC. a. In terms denominating chemical compounds containing zinc and some other element or radical, as zinco-aluminic, -ammonic, etc. adjs.; zinco-sulphate, etc. b. In various other terms: Zincocalcite Min. (see quot. 1892); Zincolysis [after ELECTROLYSIS], decomposition by an electric current (as in a voltaic cell of which the anode consists of zinc), electrolysis; so Zincolyte, a substance thus decomposed, an electrolyte; Zincopolar a., having the polarity of the zinc plate or zincode of a voltaic cell; Zincotype = ZINCOGRAPH.
1842. T. Graham, Elem. Chem., 209. The surface of the zinc presented to the acid has zincous affinity, or is zinco-polar. Ibid., 222. On 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, trans. Gmelin’s Hand-bk. Chem., V. 36. Carbonate of Zinc-oxide and Ammonia.—Zinco-ammonic Carbonate. Ibid., 481. Zinco-cupric Sulphate.
1869. Eng. Mech., 19 March, 575/2. White 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., 535. In Zincotypes the zinc is first coated with bitumen or bichromated gelatine or albumen.
1892. Dana’s Min. (ed. 6), 269. Zincocalcite. 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.
