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Meaning of cadmium in English
Pronunciation
/ˈkædmiəm/
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Noun
cadmium
Etymology
early 19th century: from Latin cadmia‘calamine’, so named because it is found with calamine in zinc ore. Compare with calamine
Definitions
1.
a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element
Examples
« occurs in association with zinc ores »