zincographic, adj.

zincographic
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zincographicadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zincographic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zincographic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the adjective zincographic?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1840 | 0.0034
1850 | 0.0038
1860 | 0.0036
1870 | 0.0035
1880 | 0.0039
1890 | 0.0033
1900 | 0.003
1910 | 0.0029
1920 | 0.0022
1930 | 0.002
1940 | 0.0018
1950 | 0.0014
1960 | 0.0012
1970 | 0.001
1980 | 0.0008
1990 | 0.0008
2000 | 0.0007
2010 | 0.0005

### Where does the adjective zincographic come from?

Earliest known use

1850s

The earliest known use of the adjective zincographic is in the 1850s.

OED's earliest evidence for zincographic is from 1850, in the writing of David Ansted, geologist.

### Nearby entries

1. zincify, v. 1801–
2. zinc-iron, n. & adj. 1849–
3. zincite, n. 1854–
4. zinckenite, n. 1835–
5. zinco, n. 1887–
6. zinco-, comb. form
7. zincode, n. 1839–
8. zincograph, n. 1888–
9. zincograph, v. 1865–
10. zincographer, n. 1839–
11. zincographic, adj.1850–
12. zincography, n. 1834–
13. zincoid, n. 1842–
14. zinc orange, n. 1918–
15. zincous, adj. 1842–
16. zinc-plate, n. 1823–
17. zinc-powder, n. 1881–
18. zinc roof, n. 1883–
19. zinc spar, n. 1796–
20. zinc-sponge, n. 1902–
21. zinc sulphide, n. 1851–

## Meaning & use

1. 1850–
   Pertaining to or produced by zincography.
   Stressed as zincoˈgraphic.
   1. 1850

      > [Zinc] is also engraved on (instead of stone) for zincographic printing.

      D. T. Ansted, Elementary Course of Geology §469
   2. 1870

      > The..zincographic plate is brought under the roller.

      English Mechanic 14 January 429/3
   engraving and etching
   1. zincographic 1850–
      Pertaining to or produced by zincography.
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## Frequency

zincographic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zincographic is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zincographic, adj., 1840–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1840 | 0.0034
1850 | 0.0038
1860 | 0.0036
1870 | 0.0035
1880 | 0.0039
1890 | 0.0033
1900 | 0.003
1910 | 0.0029
1920 | 0.0022
1930 | 0.002
1940 | 0.0018
1950 | 0.0014
1960 | 0.0012
1970 | 0.001
1980 | 0.0008
1990 | 0.0008
2000 | 0.0007
2010 | 0.0005

Originally published as part of the entry for zincography, n.

zincography, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.