blende

See also Blende

English

Alternative forms

• blind, blinde

Etymology

From German Blende, from blenden (“deceive”), because it resembles galena.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /blɛnd/

Noun

blende (plural blendes)

1. (mineralogy) A naturally-occurring sulphide of zinc.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 310:

     The procedure up here with ordinary local zinc blende had been straightforward—first you got the sulfur to go off by roasting the blende to zinc oxide, and then you reduced the oxide to zinc metal.

Synonyms

• sphalerite

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Dutch

Verb

blende

1. singular present subjunctive of blenden

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German

Verb

blende

1. First-person singular present of blenden.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of blenden.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of blenden.
4. Imperative singular of blenden.

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Italian

Noun

blende f

1. Plural form of blenda