Hypernym

noun

any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

Group 12 element 1

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English

Definition

any chemical element that belongs to the zinc group.

Examples

1.The three group 12 elements that occur naturally are zinc, cadmium and mercury.

Synonyms

volatile metal 1
any chemical element that belongs to the zinc group.
zinc group element 1
any chemical element that belongs to the zinc group.

Hyponym

cadmium 1

noun

a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

mercury 1

noun

a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

ununbium 1

noun

a radioactive transuranic element

zinc 1

noun

a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende