atomic number 48

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

   SynonymscadmiumCd

   Broadermetallic element

Questions about atomic number 48

What does atomic number 48 mean?

atomic number 48 means "a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores".

What is another word for atomic number 48?

Close synonyms include cadmium, Cd. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 48 a common word?

atomic number 48 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.