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zinc′ sul′fide, [Chem.]
  1. Chemistrya white to yellow, crystalline powder, ZnS, soluble in acids, insoluble in water, occurring naturally as wurtzite and sphalerite: used as a pigment and as a phosphor on x-ray and television screens.
  • 1880–85

'zinc sulfide' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blende - lithopone - wurtzite - sphalerite

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