cadmium
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Noun — A soft, silvery-white metallic chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48.
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It is a technical term, used mainly in chemistry and science.
Etymology
The word was borrowed from German Cadmium. That in turn goes back to the Ancient Greek word for calamine, a mixture of minerals containing cadmium, which was named after the king Cadmus.
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