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Cadmium Definition & Meaning

cadmium
noun
  1. a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

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  • "industrial plating cadmium"
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What does cadmium mean?
a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
What part of speech is cadmium?
Cadmium is a noun.

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