cadmium
noun
cad·mi·um ˈkad-mē-əm 
: a toxic bluish-white malleable ductile divalent metallic element used especially in batteries, pigments, and protective platings see Chemical Elements Table
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The same year, Ford showed an experimental electric car with even more expensive nickel-cadmium batteries that could do no better. 
Kevin A. Wilson, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022 While it is only ranked third in chemical output, all the facilities in the industry rely on like cadmium, chromium, and manganese, two of the three highest-risk chemicals released in the area. Zachary Smith, cleveland, 28 June 2022 Many are already winding up in landfills, where components that contain toxic heavy metals such as selenium and cadmium can contaminate groundwater. Rachel Kisela, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022 Learn about mixing colors accurately, the Munsell Color System, creating a natural value scale using blacks and whites and creating a Zom palette using four colors: while, yellow ochre, cadmium red and ivory black. Hartford Courant, 27 May 2022 It is combined with cadmium to make cadmium telluride, which is then used to make panels that are more efficient than selenium solar panels. Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022 Cordless vacuums run on batteries and today’s lithium-ion batteries have more power and last longer than the nickel cadmium batteries of older models — some up to as long as 60 minutes or longer — before needing recharging. Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022 The plan’s goal included eliminating harmful materials from baby foods by April 2022, inorganic arsenic by April 2024 and cadmium and mercury after April 2024. Ahjané Forbes, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2022 Coal ash is toxic, containing pollutants including mercury, cadmium, and arsenic that can pollute rivers and poison drinking water. Ella Nilsen, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022 See More
Kevin A. Wilson, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022 While it is only ranked third in chemical output, all the facilities in the industry rely on like cadmium, chromium, and manganese, two of the three highest-risk chemicals released in the area. Zachary Smith, cleveland, 28 June 2022 Many are already winding up in landfills, where components that contain toxic heavy metals such as selenium and cadmium can contaminate groundwater. Rachel Kisela, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022 Learn about mixing colors accurately, the Munsell Color System, creating a natural value scale using blacks and whites and creating a Zom palette using four colors: while, yellow ochre, cadmium red and ivory black. Hartford Courant, 27 May 2022 It is combined with cadmium to make cadmium telluride, which is then used to make panels that are more efficient than selenium solar panels. Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022 Cordless vacuums run on batteries and today’s lithium-ion batteries have more power and last longer than the nickel cadmium batteries of older models — some up to as long as 60 minutes or longer — before needing recharging. Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022 The plan’s goal included eliminating harmful materials from baby foods by April 2022, inorganic arsenic by April 2024 and cadmium and mercury after April 2024. Ahjané Forbes, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2022 Coal ash is toxic, containing pollutants including mercury, cadmium, and arsenic that can pollute rivers and poison drinking water. Ella Nilsen, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin cadmia zinc oxide, from Greek kadmeia, literally, Theban (earth), from feminine of kadmeios Theban, from Kadmos; from the occurrence of its ores together with zinc oxide
First Known Use
1818, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing cadmium
Medical Definition
cadmium
noun
cad·mi·um ˈkad-mē-əm
: a bluish white malleable ductile toxic bivalent metallic element used especially in protective platings and in bearing metals —symbol Cd see Chemical Elements Table