Reference meaning
Cd
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a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
Related source terms
cadmiumatomic number 48
Other meanings
2. noun
the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
3. noun
a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest
4. noun
a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
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