Meanings
- obsoleteuncountablechemistrySynonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.
Synonyms: zinc oxide, particularly white forms
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.
Origin
- Latinnix“snow, snow-white thing”
- Germannichts“nothing”
- Medieval Latinnihil album“white nothing”
- Englishnihil album
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.
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nihil album. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nihil%20album
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