CADMIUM
\kˈadmi͡əm], \kˈadmiəm], \k_ˈa_d_m_iə_m]\
Definitions of CADMIUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
By Princeton University
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a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An element with atomic symbol Cd, atomic number 48, and atomic weight 114. It is a metal and ingestion will lead to CADMIUM POISONING.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A metallic element, symbol Cd, atomic weight 111.6, resembling tin in appearance and zinc in its chemical relations. Its salts are poisonous and little used in medicine.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A bluish-white metal discovered in 1818; an old term for zinc ore; cadmium yellow, a pigment of an intense yellow colour.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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