Zincous


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Zinc´ous


a.1.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, zinc; zincic; as, zincous salts.
2.(Physics) Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.