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Noun: zinc sulphide
  1. A yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment
    "Zinc sulphide is used in the production of glow-in-the-dark items"; "zinc sulphide is used in the production of glow-in-the-dark items";
    - zinc sulfide

Type of: sulfide [N. Amer], sulphide [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Zinc sulphide