名詞 cadmium:

1. a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
   同義詞：Cd, atomic number 48

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n.Symbol Cd （名詞）符號(hào) Cd
A soft, bluish-white metallic element occurring primarily in zinc, copper, and lead ores, that is easily cut with a knife and is used in low-friction, fatigue-resistant alloys, solders, dental amalgams, nickel-cadmium storage batteries, nuclear reactor shields, and in rustproof electroplating. Atomic number 48; atomic weight 2.40; melting point 320.9=C; boiling point 7'5=C; specific gravity 8.'5; valence 2.See table at element
鎘：一種質(zhì)軟的，藍(lán)白色的金屬元素，最初存在于鋅礦、銅礦和鉛礦之中，這種金屬易于用刀切割，用于制造低摩擦阻力和耐疲勞的合金、焊料、牙科用的混合填料、鎳鎘蓄電池、核反應(yīng)堆防護(hù)層和防銹電鍍之中。原子序數(shù)48；原子量2.40；熔點(diǎn)320.9=C；沸點(diǎn)7'5=C；比重8.'5；原子價(jià)2參見 element

來源：
Latin cadmoa [calamine (from its being found with calamine in zinc ore)] from Greek kadmeia (ge) [Theban (earth)] from Kadmos [Cadmus]
拉丁語 cadmoa [菱鋅礦（因與菱鋅礦一同在鋅礦中發(fā)現(xiàn)而得名）] 源自 希臘語 kadmeia (ge) [底比斯的（泥土）] 源自 Kadmos [卡德摩斯]
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