Found 2 items, similar to Cadmium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cadmium cadmium n : a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores [syn: Cd, atomic number 48]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cadmium Cadmium \Cad"mi*um\, n. [NL. See Cadmia.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. [1913 Webster] Cadmium yellow, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment. [1913 Webster]