cd
candela; candelas.
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cd
1 American-
candela; candelas.
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Also cd. cord; cords.
Cd
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Symbol, Chemistry.
CD
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C/D
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Or
c/d
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c.d.
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C.D.
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CD
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abbreviation
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compact disc
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Civil Defence (Corps)
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Corps Diplomatique (Diplomatic Corps)
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Conference on Disarmament: a United Nations standing conference, held in Geneva, to negotiate a global ban on chemical weapons
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Also: C.D.. (in the US and Canada) certificate of deposit
Cd
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cd
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cd
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c/d
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As much as I honor the Sportback’s super-clean aero efficiency of 0.24 Cd, this presentation comes dangerously close to chintzy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
A bird flies in front of the Cd Projekt logo at its headquarters in Warsaw, Poland January 21, 2020.
From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2021
Which of the following atoms would be expected to form negative ions in binary ionic compounds and which would be expected to form positive ions: Br, Ca, Na, N, F, Al, Sn, S, Cd?
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Metals that crystallize in an HCP structure include Cd, Co, Li, Mg, Na, and Zn, and metals that crystallize in a CCP structure include Ag, Al, Ca, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Pt.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Similarly As and Au in Cd appear to be triatomic, and Sn in Pb tetratomic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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