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Cd Definition

• (n) a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
• (n) 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
• (n) a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest
• (n) a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
• (s) being one hundred more than three hundred

Cd Synonyms

• 400
• atomic number 48
• cadmium
• candela
• candle
• CD
• certificate of deposit
• compact disc
• compact disk
• four hundred
• standard candle