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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c/d
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c.d.
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C.D.
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CD
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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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c/d
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“Instead he was released 6 yrs later without Parole Board assessment. How cd this be allowed to happen?” asked Cooper.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2019
“After receiving complaints about some language in The Narrative cd, LifeWay decided to no longer carry it.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2017
My favorite is mix cd with all kinds of genres including opera.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2016
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From Time ● Jan. 21, 2013
Under ordinary circumstances your picture would be hung at e, or in some such position on the wall cd.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin
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
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
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
Thus the densities of the members of the magnesium family are Mg = 1.75, Zn = 7.00, Cd = 8.67, Hg = 13.6.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
When CD Projekt Red announced it was making a new expansion for the hugely popular action-role playing game The Witcher 3, it came as a shock.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
What’s paying full price for an Ugly Kid Joe CD you never wanted compared to all that?
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: A one-year CD lets you lock in an interest rate for your funds without tying up your cash for the long term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
They’re starting with an initial run of around 500 vinyl records, with plans to release the album on CD and cassette later down the line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
One afternoon I was in my room making a CD when Sizwe came over to pick up his inventory.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
A: After we build this concourse we will then extend it across the airfield over time and ultimately replace the C/D concourse.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2022
Washington State’s varsity four won its repechage heat to move on to the A/B semifinals, while the varsity eight and second varsity eight moved on to their respective C/D semifinals.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2018
As a result, I went from a C/D student to a straight A student.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 9, 2013
Washington has balked since 2006 at releasing the F-16 C/D, which carries a more powerful engine, advanced cockpit controls and updated display and radar technology.
From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2011
Taiwan’s request for new F-16 C/D fighters has been pending since 2006, and upgrades of F-16 A/Bs are on hold.
From BusinessWeek ● May 13, 2011
All these things add to the general interest, and to acquire interest in one way or another is the mission of the c.d.
From Remarks by Bill Nye
He’s now a senior fellow at one of Canada’s leading policy think tanks, the C.D.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
The last major project developed by lumberman and real estate entrepreneur C.D.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
The paltry interest rates of recent years punished retirees, she said, so higher C.D. rates of 3 to 5 percent offer welcome relief: “We’re in this golden moment.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
Synchrony Bank, for instance, offers a 14-month C.D. with an annual percentage yield of 5.15 percent.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
Dr. Deane's notes have been necessarily much shortened, and are distinguished from my own by the initials C.D.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Richard Hakluyt
It easily follows that the continued fraction is incommensurable if a/b, c/d, etc., being at first greater than unity, become and continue less than unity after some one point.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
We say that we may substitute for the older form of proportion, namely, a : b = c : d, the fractional form a/b = c/d.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
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