cadmium
See also: Cadmium
EnglishEdit
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Cd | |
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EtymologyEdit
1817, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía, “calamine”), a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the king Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cadmium (countable and uncountable, plural cadmiums)
- A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal. # (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived termsEdit
- cadmic
- cadmiferous
- cadmium acetate
- cadmium antimonide
- cadmium arsenide
- cadmium azide
- cadmium bromide
- cadmium carbonate
- cadmium cell
- cadmium chloride
- cadmium chromate
- cadmium cyanide
- cadmium fluoride
- cadmium green
- cadmium hydroxide
- cadmium iodate
- cadmium iodide
- cadmium mercury cell
- cadmium metasilicate
- cadmium metatantalate
- cadmium metazirconate
- cadmium molybdate
- cadmium niobate
- cadmium nitrate
- cadmium orange
- cadmium oxalate
- cadmium oxide
- cadmium phosphate
- cadmium phosphide
- cadmium red
- cadmium selenide
- cadmium selenite
- cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulphate
- cadmium sulfide, cadmium sulphide
- cadmium sulfite, cadmium sulphite
- cadmium tellurate
- cadmium telluride
- cadmium titanate
- cadmium tungstate
- cadmium vanadate
- cadmium yellow
- cadmium zinc telluride
- cadmoselite
- mercury cadmium telluride
- nicad
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
chemical element
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See alsoEdit
DanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
cadmium
- cadmium
DutchEdit
Chemical element | |
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Cd | |
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EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cadmium n (uncountable)
- cadmium [from late 1810s]
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cadmium m (uncountable)
Further readingEdit
- “cadmium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
LatinEdit
Chemical element | |
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Cd | |
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PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkad.mi.um/, [ˈkäd̪miʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkad.mi.um/, [ˈkäd̪mium]
NounEdit
cadmium n (genitive cadmiī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cadmium | cadmia |
Genitive | cadmiī | cadmiōrum |
Dative | cadmiō | cadmiīs |
Accusative | cadmium | cadmia |
Ablative | cadmiō | cadmiīs |
Vocative | cadmium | cadmia |