What does cad mean?
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kædcad
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Princeton's WordNet
cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heelnoun
someone who is morally reprehensible
"you dirty dog"
computer-aided design, CADnoun
software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing
Wiktionary
cadnoun
A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.
cadnoun
A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, a seducer.
Wikipedia
CAD
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or workstations) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve communications through documentation, and to create a database for manufacturing. Designs made through CAD software are helpful in protecting products and inventions when used in patent applications. CAD output is often in the form of electronic files for print, machining, or other manufacturing operations. The terms computer-aided drafting (CAD) and computer aided design and drafting (CADD) are also used.Its use in designing electronic systems is known as electronic design automation (EDA). In mechanical design it is known as mechanical design automation (MDA), which includes the process of creating a technical drawing with the use of computer software.CAD software for mechanical design uses either vector-based graphics to depict the objects of traditional drafting, or may also produce raster graphics showing the overall appearance of designed objects. However, it involves more than just shapes. As in the manual drafting of technical and engineering drawings, the output of CAD must convey information, such as materials, processes, dimensions, and tolerances, according to application-specific conventions. CAD may be used to design curves and figures in two-dimensional (2D) space; or curves, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional (3D) space.: 71, 106 CAD is an important industrial art extensively used in many applications, including automotive, shipbuilding, and aerospace industries, industrial and architectural design (building information modeling), prosthetics, and many more. CAD is also widely used to produce computer animation for special effects in movies, advertising and technical manuals, often called DCC digital content creation. The modern ubiquity and power of computers means that even perfume bottles and shampoo dispensers are designed using techniques unheard of by engineers of the 1960s. Because of its enormous economic importance, CAD has been a major driving force for research in computational geometry, computer graphics (both hardware and software), and discrete differential geometry.The design of geometric models for object shapes, in particular, is occasionally called computer-aided geometric design (CAGD).
ChatGPT
cad
CAD, which stands for Computer-Aided Design, is a technology used for creating, modifying, analyzing, or optimizing precise graphical representations of real-world objects, often in 2D or 3D, using specialized software. It is widely used across industries like engineering, architecture, and product design. CAD allows improved productivity, quality, documentation, and manufacturing processes.
Webster Dictionary
Cadnoun
a person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards
Cadnoun
a lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow
Etymology: [Abbrev. fr. cadet.]
Wikidata
CAD
CAD is a gene which encodes several enzymes involved in pyrimidine biosynthesis. De-novo synthesis starts with cytosolic carbamoylphosphate synthetase II which uses glutamine, carbon dioxide and 2 ATP. This enzyme is inhibited by UTP.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cad
kad, n. a low, mean, or vulgar fellow: a bus driver or conductor, a tavern-yard loafer.—adj. Cad′dish. [Short for Cadet.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CAD
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cad is ranked #134712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Cad surname appeared 125 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cad.
63.2% or 79 total occurrences were Asian.
26.4% or 33 total occurrences were White.
6.4% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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ADC
CDA
DAC
DCA
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cad in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of cad in a Sentence
While other work has also linked cannabis with CAD, there are several potential confounders that may explain this relationship. Our MR analysis suggests this relationship may be directly causal.
This is no time to act like a gentleman. I am a cad and shall react like one.
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