Definition of Cadmia. Meaning of Cadmia. Synonyms of Cadmia

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Definition of Cadmia

Cadmia
Cadmia Cad"mi*a, n. [L. cadmia calamine, Gr. ?. Cf. Calamine.] (Min.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

Meaning of Cadmia from wikipedia

- In alchemy, cadmia (Latin for cadmium) is an oxide of zinc (tutty; from Arabic: توتيا tutiya, via Persian, from Sanskrit तुत्थ tuttha) which collects on...
- terminology in his German sermon, so that the noxious ore which Agricola called cadmia is clarified as that which German miners called cobelt (also kobelt, cobalt)...
- calamine was derived from lapis calaminaris, a Latin correption of Gr**** cadmia (καδμία), the old name for zinc ores in general. The name of the Belgian...
- orichal**** obtained during the smelting of copper with the addition of "cadmia", a kind of earth formerly found on the s****s of the Black Sea, which is...
- those days, for purity. The name of the element was derived from the Latincadmia” and the Gr**** “kadmeia,” both ancient names for calamine (zinc carbonate)...
- asteroid, then considered a planet English, from Proto-Germanic Neo-Latin cadmia 'calamine', from King Cadmus, mythic founder of Thebes Latin indi**** 'indigo'...
- § History below). The authority on such kobelt ore (Latinized as cobaltum or cadmia) at the time was Georgius Agricola. He was also the oft-quoted authority...
- asteroid, then considered a planet English, from Proto-Germanic Neo-Latin cadmia 'calamine', from King Cadmus, mythic founder of Thebes Latin indi**** 'indigo'...
- this haor. Plant species like Hizol (Barringtonia acutangula), Clematis cadmia, Crataeva nurvala, Euryale ferox, Nelumbo nucifera, Ottelia alismoides,...
- to have recognized a link between zinc minerals and br**** describing how Cadmia (zinc oxide) was found on the walls of furnaces used to heat either zinc...