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noun

Cd n.

The chemical suymbol for cadmium, a metallic element of atomic number 48.

Synonyms: cadmium.

The abbreviation for the candela, the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites. (abbr.)

Synonyms: candle, candela, standard candle.

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Etymology of 'Cd'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... which stood right into the wind, but he soon afterwards completely distanced a Billy- boy, which put us in Spirits again. I am very contented (in my way) pottering about here alone, or with my Crew of two, and I believe cd bundle on for a Month in such a way. But I shall soon be home. I have thought of you To-day when your Sale is going on, at the same time as my Sail. Pretty ...

— Two Suffolk Friends • Francis Hindes Groome

... Berlin presses with cruel weight on the labouring classes, the general trend of the prices of the necessaries of life in Germany has been downwards, in spite of all the protectionist duties. The evidence compiled in the British official Blue-book on "British and Foreign Trade and Industry" (1903. Cd. 1761, p. 226) yields the following results. By comparing the necessary expenditure on food of a workman's family of the same size and living under the same conditions, it appears that if we take that expenditure for the period 1897-1901 ...

— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose

... provided for by the present Treaty shall be regulated by subsequent agreements, which Germany hereby undertakes to observe" (Art. 432). The actual Agreement under which the occupied areas are to be administered for the present has been published as a White Paper [Cd. 222]. The supreme authority is to be in the hands of an Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission, consisting of a Belgian, a French, a British, and an American member. The articles of this Agreement are very fairly ...

— The Economic Consequences of the Peace • John Maynard Keynes

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