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1. (n.) cadmium
a white, ductile, divalent metallic element resembling tin, used in plating and in making certain alloys.
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1. (noun) cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48
a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
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1. (noun) CADMIUM
a comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore
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1. CADMIUM
An element with atomic symbol Cd, atomic number 48, and atomic weight 114. It is a metal and ingestion will lead to CADMIUM POISONING.
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