zincode, n.

zincode
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zincodenoun

## Earlier version

- zincode in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zincode mean?

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

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1830 | 0.052
1840 | 0.053
1850 | 0.048
1860 | 0.042
1870 | 0.04
1880 | 0.033
1890 | 0.027
1900 | 0.013
1910 | 0.0049
1920 | 0.0014
1930 | 0.0004
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0003
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0003
2010 | 0.0003

### How is the noun zincode pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɪŋkəʊd/

### Where does the noun zincode come from?

Earliest known use

1830s

The earliest known use of the noun zincode is in the 1830s.

OED's only evidence for zincode is from 1839, in the writing of J. F. Daniell.

zincode is a borrowing from Latin.

Etymons: Latin zincum, Greek ὁδός.

### Nearby entries

1. zincian, adj. 1930–
2. zincic, adj. 1860–
3. zinciferous, adj. 1820–
4. zincification, n. 1891–
5. zincify, v. 1801–
6. zinc-iron, n. & adj. 1849–
7. zincite, n. 1854–
8. zinckenite, n. 1835–
9. zinco, n. 1887–
10. zinco-, comb. form
11. zincode, n.1839–
12. zincograph, n. 1888–
13. zincograph, v. 1865–
14. zincographer, n. 1839–
15. zincographic, adj. 1850–
16. zincography, n. 1834–
17. zincoid, n. 1842–
18. zinc orange, n. 1918–
19. zincous, adj. 1842–
20. zinc-plate, n. 1823–
21. zinc-powder, n. 1881–

## Etymology

< modern Latin zincum zinc n. + Greek ὁδός path, after anode n., etc.

## Meaning & use

Electr.

1. 1839–
   The positive (zinc) plate (anode) of a voltaic cell.
   1. 1839

      > The decomposition was allowed to proceed till twenty cubic inches of hydrogen had been collected from the platinode, and nine cubic inches of oxygen from the zincode.

      J. F. Daniell in Philosophical Transactions (Royal Society) vol. 129 99
   electrical
   1. anode 1834–
      strictly, as applied by Faraday: The path by which an electric current leaves the positive pole, and enters the electrolyte, on its way to the…
   2. zincode 1839–
      The positive (zinc) plate (anode) of a voltaic cell.
   3. zincoid 1842–
      = zincode, n.
   4. zinc 1876–
      (With pl.) A plate of zinc used as the electropositive metal in a voltaic battery. (Cf. zincode, n.)
   5. positive 1881–
      The positive terminal, plate, etc., of an electrical cell, battery, or system. Cf. negative, n. II.8.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɪŋkəʊd/

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##### 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

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

zincode 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 zincode, n., 1830–2010

* 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
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1830 | 0.052
1840 | 0.053
1850 | 0.048
1860 | 0.042
1870 | 0.04
1880 | 0.033
1890 | 0.027
1900 | 0.013
1910 | 0.0049
1920 | 0.0014
1930 | 0.0004
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0003
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0003
2010 | 0.0003

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

zincode, n. was last modified in December 2024.