zirconia


zirconium oxide
Origin of zirconia
Modern Latin from zircon + -ia: so named (1789) by Klaproth (see tellurium)zirconia

noun
Cubic zirconia.
Origin of zirconia
New Latinfrom zirconzirconia

Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural zirconias)
- (chemistry) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummond light.