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English adjective: cd

1. cd being one hundred more than three hundred


Synonyms400, four hundred


Similarcardinal


Antonymsordinal


English noun: Cd

1. Cd (substance) a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores


Synonymsatomic number 48, cadmium


Broader (hypernym)metal, metallic element


Substance meronymcalamine, hemimorphite

2. cd (quantity) the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin


Synonymscandela, candle, standard candle


Broader (hypernym)candlepower unit, luminous intensity unit

3. CD (possession) a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest


Synonymscertificate of deposit


Broader (hypernym)certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument, obligation


Narrower (hyponym)time deposit

4. CD (artifact) a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser


Synonymscompact disc, compact disk


Broader (hypernym)optical disc, optical disk, recording


Narrower (hyponym)audio CD, audio compact disc, CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-WO, compact disc read-only memory, compact disc recordable, compact disc write-once









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