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Cd
The symbol for cadmium.
CD
abbr.
1. certificate of deposit
2. civil defense
3. cluster of differentiation antigen
4. compact disc
5. French corps diplomatique (diplomatic corps)
cd
abbr.
1. candela
2. cord
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cd
abbreviation for
(Commerce) cash discount
symbol for
(Units) candela
cd
the internet domain name for
(Computer Science) Democratic Republic of Congo
Cd
abbreviation for
(Parliamentary Procedure) (in Britain) command (paper)
the chemical symbol for
(Elements & Compounds) cadmium
CD
abbreviation for
1. (Electronics) compact disc
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Civil Defence (Corps)
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Corps Diplomatique (Diplomatic Corps)
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Conference on Disarmament: a United Nations standing conference, held in Geneva, to negotiate a global ban on chemical weapons
5. (Banking & Finance) (in the US and Canada) certificate of deposit. Also: C.D.
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CD
1. certificate of deposit.
2. Civil Defense.
3. compact disc.
Cd
Chem. Symbol.
cadmium.
cd
1. candela.
2. Also, cd. cord.
C.D.
Civil Defense.
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Cd
The symbol for cadmium.
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| Noun | 1. |  Cd - a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc oresmetal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. calamine, hemimorphite - a white mineral; a common ore of zinc |
| 2. | cd - 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 candlepower unit, luminous intensity unit - a measure of luminous intensity | |
| 3. | CD - a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest time deposit - a certificate of deposit from which withdrawals can be made only after advance notice or at a specified future date | |
| 4. |  CD - a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laseraudio CD, audio compact disc - compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music) CD-R, CD-WO, compact disc recordable, compact disc write-once - a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory - a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user optical disc, optical disk - a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface recording - a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded | |
| Adj. | 1. | cd - being one hundred more than three hundred cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |
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Translations
قُرْصٌ مَضْغُوطقُرْص مُكَثَّف
CD
CDcompactdisk
CD-levy
CD
CD-lemez
CD
콤팩트디스크
kompaktinė plokštelėkompaktinių plokštelių grotuvas
kompaktdisks
CD, kompaktná platňa
cede
CD-skiva
ซีดี
đĩa CD
CD
A. N ABBR
1. =compact disc → CD m
2. =Corps Diplomatique → C.D.
3. =Civil Defence (Corps)
4. (US) (Pol) =Congressional District
5. (Pol) =Conference on Disarmament
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
CD
[ˌsiːˈdiː] n abbr (=compact disc) → CD m
abbr (British) (=Corps Diplomatique) → CDCD burner n → graveur m de CD
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
CD
abbr of compact disc → CD f; CD burner → CD-Brenner m; CD player → CD-Spieler m, → CD-Player m; CD case → CD-Hülle f; CD Walkman® → CD-Walkman (R), → tragbarer CD-Player; CD writer → CD-Brenner m
abbr of corps diplomatique
abbr of civil defence
(US) abbr of Congressional District
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
CD
[ˌsiːˈdiː]1. n abbr
b. (Mil) (Brit) =Civil Defence (Corps) (Am) =Civil Defense
2. abbr (Brit) =Corps Diplomatique → C.D.
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
CD
(siːˈdiː) noun (abbreviation) compact disc.
CD player noun an electrical instrument for playing compact discs.
CD-ˈROM noun (abbreviation) compact disk read-only memory; a disk which stores information that can be displayed on a computer.
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cd
→ قُرْصٌ مَضْغُوط CD cd CD δίσκος CD CD CD-levy CD CD CD CD 콤팩트디스크 cd CD płyta kompaktowa CD компакт-диск CD-skiva ซีดี CD đĩa CD 光盘Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- Could you put these photos on CD, please? (US)
Can you put these photos on CD, please? (UK) - When will the CD be ready?
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