| slovo | definícia |
nihil
(mass) | nihil
- nula |
nihil
(encz) | nihil,nic Zdeněk Brož |
nihil
(encz) | nihil,nula Zdeněk Brož |
Nihil
(gcide) | Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
Nothing.
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Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
under Zinc.
Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
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nihil
(wn) | nihil
n 1: (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an
unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
annihilate
(mass) | annihilate
- zničiť |
annihilation
(mass) | annihilation
- zničenie, ničenie |
nihil
(mass) | nihil
- nula |
annihilate
(encz) | annihilate,vyhladit v: annihilate,zničit v: |
annihilated
(encz) | annihilated,vyhlazen v: annihilated,zničený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
annihilating
(encz) | annihilating,drtivý Pavel Cvrček |
annihilation
(encz) | annihilation,anihilace n: Zdeněk Brožannihilation,rozdrcení n: Zdeněk Brožannihilation,vyhlazení n: Zdeněk Brožannihilation,zničení n: Zdeněk Brož |
annihilator
(encz) | annihilator,anihilátor n: Zdeněk Brožannihilator,ničitel n: Zdeněk Brož |
nihil
(encz) | nihil,nic Zdeněk Brožnihil,nula Zdeněk Brož |
nihil obstat
(encz) | nihil obstat, n: |
nihilism
(encz) | nihilism,nihilismus |
nihilist
(encz) | nihilist,nihilista |
nihilistic
(encz) | nihilistic,nihilistický |
nihilistic delusion
(encz) | nihilistic delusion, n: |
self-annihilation
(encz) | self-annihilation, n: |
anihilace
(czen) | anihilace,annihilationn: Zdeněk Brož |
anihilátor
(czen) | anihilátor,annihilatorn: Zdeněk Brož |
nihilismus
(czen) | nihilismus,nihilism |
nihilista
(czen) | nihilista,nihilist |
nihilistický
(czen) | nihilistický,nihilistic |
Annihilable
(gcide) | Annihilable \An*ni"hi*la*ble\, a.
Capable of being annihilated.
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Annihilate
(gcide) | Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
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It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.
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2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of,
so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To
annihilate the army." --Macaulay.
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3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a
thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc.,
of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
[1913 Webster]Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\ (an*n[imac]"h[i^]*l[asl]t), a.
Annihilated. [Archaic] --Swift.
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Annihilated
(gcide) | Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
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It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.
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2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of,
so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To
annihilate the army." --Macaulay.
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3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a
thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc.,
of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
[1913 Webster]annihilated \annihilated\ adj.
1. 1 destroyed completely.
Syn: exterminated, wiped out(predicate).
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annihilated
(gcide) | Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
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It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.
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2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of,
so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To
annihilate the army." --Macaulay.
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3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a
thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc.,
of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
[1913 Webster]annihilated \annihilated\ adj.
1. 1 destroyed completely.
Syn: exterminated, wiped out(predicate).
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annihilated exterminated wiped outpredicate
(gcide) | destroyed \destroyed\ adj.
1. p. p. of destroy. [Narrower terms: {annihilated,
exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate,
desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted};
blighted, spoilt; {blotted out, obliterate,
obliterated}; demolished, dismantled, razed; {done
for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal), lost,
finished(predicate)}; extinguished; {ruined, wiped
out(predicate), impoverished}; totaled, wrecked;
war-torn, war-worn; {despoiled, pillaged, raped,
ravaged, sacked}] Also See: damaged. Antonym:
preserved
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2. destroyed physically or morally.
Syn: ruined.
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Annihilating
(gcide) | Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
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It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.
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2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of,
so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To
annihilate the army." --Macaulay.
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3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a
thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc.,
of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
[1913 Webster]annihilating \annihilating\ adj.
criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as,
afire with annihilating invective.
Syn: devastating, withering.
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annihilating
(gcide) | Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
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It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.
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2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of,
so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To
annihilate the army." --Macaulay.
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3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a
thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc.,
of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
[1913 Webster]annihilating \annihilating\ adj.
criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as,
afire with annihilating invective.
Syn: devastating, withering.
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Annihilation
(gcide) | Annihilation \An*ni`hi*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. annihilation.]
1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the
act of destroying the form or combination of parts under
which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be
applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
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2. The state of being annihilated. --Hooker.
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Annihilationist
(gcide) | Annihilationist \An*ni`hi*la"tion*ist\, n. (Theol.)
One who believes that eternal punishment consists in
annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
[1913 Webster]Destructionist \De*struc"tion*ist\, n.
1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one
whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing
institutions; a destructive.
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2. (Theol.) One who believes in the final destruction or
complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also
annihilationist. --Shipley.
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annihilationist
(gcide) | Annihilationist \An*ni`hi*la"tion*ist\, n. (Theol.)
One who believes that eternal punishment consists in
annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
[1913 Webster]Destructionist \De*struc"tion*ist\, n.
1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one
whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing
institutions; a destructive.
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2. (Theol.) One who believes in the final destruction or
complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also
annihilationist. --Shipley.
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Annihilative
(gcide) | Annihilative \An*ni"hi*la*tive\, a.
Serving to annihilate; destructive.
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Annihilator
(gcide) | Annihilator \An*ni"hi*la`tor\, n.
One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.
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Annihilatory
(gcide) | Annihilatory \An*ni"hi*la*to*ry\, a.
Annihilative.
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Fire annihilator
(gcide) | Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin
to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri,
f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf.
Empyrean, Pyre.]
1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of
bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases
in an ascending stream or current is called flame.
Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as
the four elements of which all things are composed.
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2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a
stove or a furnace.
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3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
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4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
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5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth;
consuming violence of temper.
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he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury.
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6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral
enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
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And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope.
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7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
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Stars, hide your fires. --Shak.
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As in a zodiac
representing the heavenly fires. --Milton.
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8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
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9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were
exposed to a heavy fire.
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Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.),
compositions of various combustible substances, as
sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are
colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony,
strontium, barium, etc.
Fire alarm
(a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire.
(b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.
Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be
kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with
some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.
Fire balloon.
(a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air
heated by a fire placed in the lower part.
(b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite
at a regulated height. --Simmonds.
Fire bar, a grate bar.
Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.
Fire beetle. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear
as if burnt by fire.
Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for
the fire.
Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining
intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or
of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and
used for lining fire boxes, etc.
Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished
fires.
Fire bucket. See under Bucket.
Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through
mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.
[U.S.]
Fire clay. See under Clay.
Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in
extinguishing fires.
Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] --Milton.
Fire damp. See under Damp.
Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary.
Fire drill.
(a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for
practice.
(b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by
rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --
used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by
many savage peoples.
Fire eater.
(a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.
(b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.
[Colloq.]
Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,
for throwing water to extinguish fire.
Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from
burning buildings.
Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam
of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off
afterward by heat.
Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire
gilding.
Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire;
also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,
in consideration of the payment of a premium or small
percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an
owner of property from loss by fire during a specified
period.
Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,
poker, and shovel.
Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out
fire.
Fire master
(Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the
composition of fireworks.
Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against
fire.
Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.
Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test
was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon
red-hot irons. --Abbot.
Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially
the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the
main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing
fires.
Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the
contract of insurance against loss by fire.
Fire pot.
(a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,
formerly used as a missile in war.
(b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a
furnace.
(c) A crucible.
(d) A solderer's furnace.
Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to
their quarters in case of fire.
Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking
the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by
exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally
superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.
Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.
Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,
caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide. --Raymond.
Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are
exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of
combustion; heating surface.
Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun
in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
--Farrow.
Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.
Fire water, a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by
the American Indians.
Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly
in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called
Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.
Greek fire. See under Greek.
On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;
zealous.
Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession
by a line of troops.
St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which
St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.
St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo.
To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle.
To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
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Nihil album
(gcide) | Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
Nothing.
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Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
under Zinc.
Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
[1913 Webster]Zinc \Zinc\ (z[i^][ng]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn
tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. Tin.] (Chem.)
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not
easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,
britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic number 30. Atomic
weight 65.38. [Formerly written also zink.]
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Butter of zinc (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, ZnCl2, a
deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
Oxide of zinc. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below.
Zinc amine (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
Zn(NH2)2, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
ethyl; -- called also zinc amide.
Zinc amyle (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,
composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
Zinc blende [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc
sulphide. See Blende, n.
(a) .
Zinc bloom [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
hydrozincite.
Zinc ethyl (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous
liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
Zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
oxides; -- called also Rinmann's green.
Zinc methyl (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2,
produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in
the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
amyle, etc.
Zinc oxide (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a
light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album,
etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
pompholyx, and tutty.
Zinc spinel (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,
consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
aluminium; gahnite.
Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol,
under Vitriol.
Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
as a pigment.
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nihil album
(gcide) | Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
Nothing.
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Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
under Zinc.
Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
[1913 Webster]Zinc \Zinc\ (z[i^][ng]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn
tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. Tin.] (Chem.)
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not
easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,
britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic number 30. Atomic
weight 65.38. [Formerly written also zink.]
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Butter of zinc (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, ZnCl2, a
deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
Oxide of zinc. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below.
Zinc amine (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
Zn(NH2)2, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
ethyl; -- called also zinc amide.
Zinc amyle (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,
composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
Zinc blende [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc
sulphide. See Blende, n.
(a) .
Zinc bloom [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
hydrozincite.
Zinc ethyl (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous
liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
Zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
oxides; -- called also Rinmann's green.
Zinc methyl (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2,
produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in
the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
amyle, etc.
Zinc oxide (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a
light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album,
etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
pompholyx, and tutty.
Zinc spinel (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,
consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
aluminium; gahnite.
Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol,
under Vitriol.
Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
as a pigment.
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Nihil debet
(gcide) | Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
Nothing.
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Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
under Zinc.
Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
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Nihil dicit
(gcide) | Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
Nothing.
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Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
under Zinc.
Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
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Nihilism
(gcide) | Nihilism \Ni"hil*ism\, n. [L. nihil nothing: cf. F. nihilisme.
See Annihilate.]
1. Nothingness; nihility.
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2. The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to
all knowledge and all reality.
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3. (Politics) The theories and practices of the Nihilists.
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Nihilist
(gcide) | Nihilist \Ni"hil*ist\, n. [Cf. F. nihiliste. See Nihilism.]
1. One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who
believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted
to exist.
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2. (Politics) A member of a secret association (esp. in
Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the
present political, religious, and social institutions.
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Nihilistic
(gcide) | Nihilistic \Ni`hil*is"tic\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism.
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Nihility
(gcide) | Nihility \Ni*hil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. nihilit['e]. See Nihilism.]
Nothingness; a state of being nothing.
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Self-annihilated
(gcide) | Self-annihilated \Self`-an*ni"hi*la`ted\, a.
Annihilated by one's self.
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Self-annihilation
(gcide) | Self-annihilation \Self`-an*ni`hi*la"tion\, n.
Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's
desires. --Addison.
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annihilate
(wn) | annihilate
v 1: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
population" [syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish,
eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off] |
annihilated
(wn) | annihilated
adj 1: destroyed completely [syn: annihilated, exterminated,
wiped out(p)] |
annihilating
(wn) | annihilating
adj 1: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
"possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating
hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn:
annihilative, annihilating, devastating,
withering]
2: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a
devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments
inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn:
annihilating, devastating, withering] |
annihilation
(wn) | annihilation
n 1: destruction by annihilating something [syn: annihilation,
obliteration]
2: total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation
of the atoll" [syn: annihilation, disintegration] |
annihilative
(wn) | annihilative
adj 1: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
"possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating
hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn:
annihilative, annihilating, devastating,
withering] |
annihilator
(wn) | annihilator
n 1: a total destroyer |
nihil
(wn) | nihil
n 1: (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an
unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" |
nihil obstat
(wn) | nihil obstat
n 1: the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman
Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined
and contains nothing offensive to the church
2: authoritative approval |
nihilism
(wn) | nihilism
n 1: a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the
social system for its own sake
2: the delusion that things (or everything, including the self)
do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal [syn:
nihilistic delusion, nihilism]
3: complete denial of all established authority and institutions |
nihilist
(wn) | nihilist
n 1: someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious
belief
2: an advocate of anarchism [syn: anarchist, nihilist,
syndicalist] |
nihilistic
(wn) | nihilistic
adj 1: of or relating to nihilism |
nihilistic delusion
(wn) | nihilistic delusion
n 1: the delusion that things (or everything, including the
self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal [syn:
nihilistic delusion, nihilism] |
nihility
(wn) | nihility
n 1: the state of nonexistence [syn: nothingness, void,
nullity, nihility] |
self-annihilation
(wn) | self-annihilation
n 1: the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit
suicide" [syn: suicide, self-destruction, {self-
annihilation}] |
nihilist
(devil) | NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but
Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.
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DOTE UNDE NIHIL HABE
(bouvier) | DOTE UNDE NIHIL HABET. The name of a writ of dower which a widow sues
against the tenant, who bought land of her husband in his lifetime, and in
which her dower remains, of which he was seised solely in fee simple or fee
tail. F. N. B. 147; Booth, Real Act. 166. See Dower unde nihil habet
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DOWER UNDE NIHIL HABET
(bouvier) | DOWER UNDE NIHIL HABET. This is a writ of right in its nature. It lies only
against the tenant of the freehold. 12 Mass. 415 2 Saund. 43, note 1; Hen. &
Munf. 368 F. N. B. 148. It is a writ of entry, where the widow is deforced
of the whole of her dower. Archb. Plead. 466, 7. A writ of right of dower
lies for the whole or a part. 1 Rop. on Prop. 430; Steph. on Pl. 10. n;
Booth, R. A. 166; Glanv. lib. 4. c. 4, 5; 9 S. & R. 367. If the heir is
fourteen years of age, the writ goes to him, if not, to his guardian. If the
land be wholly aliened, it goes to the tenant, F. N. B. 7, or pernor of the
profits, who may vouch the heir. If part only be aliened, the writ goes to
the heir or guardian. The tenant cannot impart; 2 Saund. 44, n;. 1 Rop. on
Prop. 430; the remedy being speedy. Fleta, lib. 5. o. 25, Sec. 8, p. 427. He
pleads without defence. Rast. Ent. 232, b. lib. Int. fo. 15; Steph. Pl. 431
Booth, 118; Jackson on Pl. 819.
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NIHIL CAPIAT PER BREVE
(bouvier) | NIHIL CAPIAT PER BREVE, practice. That he take nothing by his writ. This is
the judgment against the plaintiff in an action, either in bar or in
abatement. When the plaintiff has commenced his proceedings by bill, the
judgment is nihil capiat per billam. Co. Litt. 363.
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NIHIL DICIT
(bouvier) | NIHIL DICIT. He says nothing. It is the failing of the defendant to put in a
plea or answer to the plaintiff's declaration by the day assigned; and in
this case judgment is given against the defendant of course, as he says
nothing why it should not. Vide 15 Vin. Ab. 556; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
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NIHIL HABET
(bouvier) | NIHIL HABET. The name of a return made by a sheriff, marshal, or other
proper officer, to a scire facia.9 or other writ, when he has not been able
to, serve it on the defendant. 5 Whart. 367.
2. Two returns of nihil are in general equivalent to a service. Yelv.
112; 1 Cowen, 70; 1 Car. Law Regags. 491; 4 Blackf. 188; 2 Binn. 40.
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UNDE NIHIL HABET
(bouvier) | UNDE NIHIL HABET. Of which she has nothing. When no dower had been assigned
to the widow during the time prescribed by law, she could, at common law,
sue out a writ of dower unde nihil habet. 3 Bl. Com. 183.
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