Cd (Noun)
Meaning 1
A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Cadmium is a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element.
- Exposure to cadmium fumes or dusts has been associated with an array of adverse health effects.
- Due to the high toxicity of cadmium, the use of cadmium plating in aircraft manufacture has been largely discontinued.
- Cadmium is a bluish-white, silvery metal used in paint pigments, electroplating, plastic stabilizers, alloys, and nickel-cadmium batteries.
- Cadmium, a toxic heavy metal, is released from batteries into the environment when they are incinerated or crushed.
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Meaning 2
A debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest.
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The bank offered a high-yield CD with a fixed interest rate for a five-year term.
- She invested her savings in a CD to earn a higher interest rate than her regular savings account.
- The CD required a minimum deposit of $1,000 and had a penalty for early withdrawal.
- He chose a CD with a shorter term to have more flexibility with his money.
- The interest earned on the CD was compounded daily and added to the principal at the end of the month.
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Meaning 3
A digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The music store was still selling CDs of popular artists, even though digital streaming had become the norm.
- She inserted the CD into the player and listened to her favorite album while studying for her exam.
- The new CD player in her car was able to read discs with scratched surfaces, a feature she really appreciated.
- The artist released her latest CD to critical acclaim, with many praising her innovative approach to songwriting.
- After listening to the CD on repeat for hours, he finally got tired of the same songs and decided to change the music.
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Meaning 4
The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The new standard for measuring light intensity is based on the candela, abbreviated as cd.
- The light source was measured in cd to determine its brightness.
- A typical candle emits about 12 cd of light in all directions.
- The luminous intensity of the LED was measured in cd to compare it to traditional light bulbs.
- The unit of cd is used to express the luminous intensity of light sources in scientific research.