Meaning
3 sensesA safeguard.
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палла́диумpalládium
(countable, uncountable)A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.
Palladium
палла́дийpalládij
пала́дійpaládij
(countable)A single atom of this element.
- a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry
Examples
4 sentencesPaul needed the palladium for his invention.
These artefacts are the depictions of the deity that serves as the spiritual and political palladium of the nation.
Palladium is a transition metal with element symbol Pd and atomic number 46.
"By his words made wise / this steed, for stol'n Palladium, they devise, / to soothe the outrag'd goddess."
Translations
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Origin
The sense of "safeguard" comes from Latin Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected TrThe sense of "safeguard" comes from Latin Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected Troy), from Ancient Greek Παλλάδιον (Palládion), from Παλλάς (Pallás), an epithet used before Athena.
The element was named after Pallas, an asteroid that had been discovered two years before the element.
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Forms
plural: palladia / palladiums| Singular | palladium |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry:Pdatomic number 46
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular