kadmeia
101cadmium — bluish white metal, 1822, discovered 1817 by German scientist Friedrich Strohmeyer, coined in Modern Latin from cadmia, a word used by ancient naturalists for various earths and oxides (especially zinc carbonate), from Gk. kadmeia (ge) Cadmean… …
102calamine — zinc carbonate; zinc silicate, 1590s, from Fr. calamine, from O.Fr. calemine, CHALEMINE (Cf. chalemine) (13c.), from M.L. calamina, corrupted by alchemists from L. cadmia zinc ore, from Gk. kadmeia (see CADMIUM (Cf. cadmium)). Or possibly the… …
103calamine — [ kaləmʌɪn] noun a pink powder consisting of zinc carbonate and ferric oxide, used to make a soothing lotion or ointment. Origin ME (referring to zinc ore): via OFr. from med. L. calamina, alt. of L. cadmia, from Gk kadmeia (gē) Cadmean (earth) …
104kadmij — kàdmīj m DEFINICIJA kem. element, (simbol Cd, atomski broj 48); bijeli meki metal, upotrebljava se u legurama ETIMOLOGIJA nlat. cadmium ← lat. cadmea terra: kadmijska zemlja ← grč. Kadmeia gé ≃ Kádmos: Kadmij …
105кадмий — я; м. (лат. cadmium из греч. kadmeia цинковая руда) см. тж. кадмиевый 1) Химический элемент (Cd), серебристо белый мягкий, тягучий металл, содержащийся в цинковых рудах (входит в состав многих легкоплавких сплавов, используется в атомной… …
106Kadmium — Kadmium: Der Name des chemischen Grundstoffs ist eine gelehrte nlat. Bildung zu lat. cadmea, cadmia, das aus griech. kadmía, kadmeía »Zinkerz« entlehnt ist …
107cadmium — /ˈkædmiəm / (say kadmeeuhm) noun a white, ductile, divalent metallic element like tin in appearance, used in plating, in making certain alloys, and, because of its ability to absorb neutrons, it is also used in the control rods of nuclear… …
108calamine — ► NOUN ▪ a pink powder consisting of zinc carbonate and ferric oxide, used to make a soothing lotion or ointment. ORIGIN Latin calamina, from Greek kadmeia g Cadmean earth , from the name of Cadmus, the legendary founder of Thebes …
109cadmium — [kad′mē əm] n. [ModL < L cadmia, zinc ore < Gr kadmeia(gē), Cadmean (earth) (so called because found near Thebes, home of CADMUS) + IUM: so named (1817) by F. Strohmeyer (1776 1835), Ger chemist, because frequently found assoc. with zinc] a …
110cadmean victory — n. = pyrrhic victory (see PYRRHIC(1)). Etymology: L Cadmeus f. Gk Kadmeios f. Kadmos Cadmus: see CADMIUM * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: translation of Greek Kadmeia nikē; from the mutual slaughter of all but five of the armed… …
