cadmium

Meanings

Plural: cadmiums

Noun

a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
A single atom of this element.

Origin / Etymology

1817, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía, “calamine”), a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the king Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”).

Synonyms

atomic number 48, Cd

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