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cadmium

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Noun

HYPHEN

cad=mi=um

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cadmium has 1 sense

cadmium(n = noun.substance) atomic number 48, cd - a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores; Array

is a kind of metal, metallic element

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cadmium, n. [NL. See Cadmia.].

A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. [1913 Webster]

Cadmium yellow, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

cadmium, n. a soft bluish-white metallic element occurring naturally with zinc ores, and used in the manufacture of solders and in electroplating.

Idiom

cadmium cell Electr. a standard primary cell. cadmium yellow an intense yellow pigment containing cadmium sulphide and used in paints etc.

Usage

Symb.: Cd.

Etymology

obs. cadmia calamine f. L cadmia f. Gk kadm(e)ia (ge) Cadmean (earth), f. Cadmus legendary founder of Thebes: see -IUM

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ROGET THESAURUS

cadmium

Orange

N orange, red and yellow, gold, or, flame color, ocher, Mars'orange, cadmium, cardinal bird, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal lobelia (a flowering plant), orange, ochreous, orange-colored, gold-colored, flame-colored, copper-colored, brass-colored, apricot-colored, warm, hot, glowing.

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