cadmium

en-noun

cadmium (countable and uncountable, plural cadmiums)

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

der

A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.


cadmium

la-noun

cadmium n (genitive cadmiī); second declension

cadmiī (genitive)
cadmium (nominative singular)
cadmia (nominative plural)
cadmiī (genitive singular)
cadmiōrum (genitive plural)
cadmiō (dative singular)
cadmiīs (dative plural)
cadmium (accusative singular)
cadmia (accusative plural)
cadmiō (ablative singular)
cadmiīs (ablative plural)
cadmium (singular vocative)
cadmia (plural vocative)

[ˈkäd̪miʊ̃ˑ]


cadmium yellow

en-noun

cadmium yellow (countable and uncountable, plural cadmium yellows)

cadmium yellow:


cadmium chloride

(inorganic chemistry) The cadmium salt of hydrochloric acid, CdCl₂; it is used in photography and dyeing, and in the preparation of other cadmium compounds


organocadmium

(organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to cadmium bond


greenockite

greenockite (countable and uncountable, plural greenockites)

Lord Greenock, on whose land the mineral was discovered, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.


nicad

(electronics) rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery


cadmium oxide

(inorganic chemistry) A colorless amorphous powder; a red or brown colored crystal.


cadmiferous

en-adj

cadmiferous (comparative more cadmiferous, superlative most cadmiferous)

more cadmiferous (comparative)
most cadmiferous (superlative)

By surface analysis, cadm(ium) + -i- + -ferous.

surf

(especially of ores) Containing or producing cadmium.


cadmoselite

(mineralogy) A rare hexagonal cadmium selenide mineral, black to grey in colour.


cadmoindite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing cadmium, germanium, indium, iron, sulfur, and zinc.


cadmic

cadmic sulfide

(chemistry, archaic) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing cadmium.


Wood's metal

Named after Barnabas Wood, American dentist and inventor.

A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, and seven or eight of bismuth.


itai-itai disease

Partial calque of Japanese イタイイタイ病 (itai-itai byō, “"ouch ouch" disease”)

partial calque

A disease caused by cadmium poisoning that occurred in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.


cađimi

[kaː˧˧ ʔɗi˧˧ mi˧˧]

[kaː˧˧ ʔɗɪj˧˧ mɪj˧˧]

[kaː˧˧ ʔɗɪj˧˧ mɪj˧˧]

Ultimately from New Latin cadmium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements. An extra i is added to ease pronunciation and to preserve an appearance that is more representative of the chemical symbol.


кадмій

uk-noun

ка́дмій • (kádmij) m inan (genitive ка́дмію, uncountable, relational adjective ка́дмієвий)

ка́дмій (canonical)
kádmij (romanization)
ка́дмію (genitive)
ка́дмієвий (adjective relational)
ка́дмій (nominative singular)
ка́дмію (genitive singular)
ка́дмію (dative singular)
ка́дмієві (dative singular)
ка́дмій (accusative singular)
ка́дмієм (instrumental singular)
ка́дмію (locative singular)
ка́дмії (locative singular)
ка́дмію (singular vocative)


cadmium sulfide

(inorganic chemistry) An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula CdS, used to make the pigment cadmium yellow.


cadmium nitrate

(inorganic chemistry) An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula Cd(NO₃)₂.


cadmium red

a pigment composed of a solution of cadmium selenide and cadmium sulfide.


cadmium iodide

(inorganic chemistry) An inorganic iodide salt of cadmium with the chemical formula CdI₂.


cadmium telluride

(inorganic chemistry) An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula CdTe used as a semiconductor.


cadmium bromide

(inorganic chemistry) An inorganic bromide salt of cadmium with the chemical formula CdBr₂ with few applications.


cadmium fluoride

(inorganic chemistry) An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula CdF₂, used in the production of vertan metal alloys.


cadmium selenide

(inorganic chemistry) An inorganic compound of cadmium with the chemical formula CdSe, used as an ingredient in the pigments cadmium orange and cadmium red.