zincograph, n.

zincograph
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zincographnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zincograph mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zincograph. 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 noun zincograph?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1850 | 0.0016
1860 | 0.0017
1870 | 0.0016
1880 | 0.0017
1890 | 0.0019
1900 | 0.0018
1910 | 0.0017
1920 | 0.0016
1930 | 0.0015
1940 | 0.0015
1950 | 0.0017
1960 | 0.0016
1970 | 0.0015
1980 | 0.0014
1990 | 0.0015
2000 | 0.0014
2010 | 0.0015

### How is the noun zincograph pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɪŋkəʊɡrɑːf/
/-æ-/

### Where does the noun zincograph come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the noun zincograph is in the 1880s.

OED's earliest evidence for zincograph is from 1888, in Edinburgh Review.

### Nearby entries

1. zincic, adj. 1860–
2. zinciferous, adj. 1820–
3. zincification, n. 1891–
4. zincify, v. 1801–
5. zinc-iron, n. & adj. 1849–
6. zincite, n. 1854–
7. zinckenite, n. 1835–
8. zinco, n. 1887–
9. zinco-, comb. form
10. zincode, n. 1839–
11. zincograph, n.1888–
12. zincograph, v. 1865–
13. zincographer, n. 1839–
14. zincographic, adj. 1850–
15. zincography, n. 1834–
16. zincoid, n. 1842–
17. zinc orange, n. 1918–
18. zincous, adj. 1842–
19. zinc-plate, n. 1823–
20. zinc-powder, n. 1881–
21. zinc roof, n. 1883–

## Meaning & use

1. 1888–
   A design or impression produced by zincography.
   1. 1888

      > Reproduced in ‘zincograph’ by the aid of photography.

      Edinburgh Review January 231
   2. 1890

      > Zincographs of these stones.

      Muniments of Royal Burgh of Irvine vol. I. Introduction p. xxxii
   engraving and etching
   1. zinco 1887–
      = zincograph, n.
   2. zincograph 1888–
      A design or impression produced by zincography.
   3. zincotype
      In various other terms: zincocalcite n. British English/zɪŋkəʊˈkælsaɪt/ Mineralogy (see quot. 1892). zincolysis n. British English/zɪŋˈkɒlɪsɪs/…
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɪŋkəʊɡrɑːf/
/-æ-/

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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## Frequency

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

zincograph is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 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 zincograph, n., 1850–2010

* 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
--- | ---
1850 | 0.0016
1860 | 0.0017
1870 | 0.0016
1880 | 0.0017
1890 | 0.0019
1900 | 0.0018
1910 | 0.0017
1920 | 0.0016
1930 | 0.0015
1940 | 0.0015
1950 | 0.0017
1960 | 0.0016
1970 | 0.0015
1980 | 0.0014
1990 | 0.0015
2000 | 0.0014
2010 | 0.0015

## Compounds & derived words

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1. zinco, n. 1887–
   = zincograph, n.

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

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