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cadmium

16 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. cadmium (noun)
  2. cadmium blende (noun)
  3. cadmium carmine (noun)
  4. cadmium cell (noun)
  5. cadmium green (noun)
  6. cadmium lamp (noun)
  7. cadmium lemon (noun)
  8. cadmium lithopone (noun)
  9. cadmium ocher (noun)
  10. cadmium orange (noun)
  11. cadmium purple (noun)
  12. cadmium red (noun)
  13. cadmium sulfate (noun)
  14. cadmium sulfide (noun)
  15. cadmium vermilion (noun)
  16. cadmium yellow (noun)

cad·mi·um

noun \ˈkad-mē-əm\

Definition of CADMIUM

: a bluish-white malleable ductile toxic divalent metallic element used especially in batteries, pigments, and protective platings — see element table
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Origin of CADMIUM

New Latin, from Latin cadmia zinc oxide, from Greek kadmeia, literally, Theban (earth), from feminine of kadmeios Theban, from Kadmos; from the occurrence of its ores together with zinc oxide
First Known Use: 1822

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