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
If someone gave me a country music cd, I would be right to give it to one of my country music loving friends.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
“After receiving complaints about some language in The Narrative cd, LifeWay decided to no longer carry it.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2017
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From Time ● Jan. 21, 2013
This is the setting of the condenser for which the circuit has the same tune or natural frequency as the circuit cd.
From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by John Mills
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
Cd you procure and send me one by B.? What was described to me was of a very sacred character; 5 cords, each with 5 knots, in memory of ye 5 wounds of our Lord….
From Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2 by Robert Ornsby
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
If you need the money before maturity, a traditional bank CD may impose an early-withdrawal penalty.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
One way to make the most of different terms is a CD ladder: spreading your money across one-, two-, three-, four- and five-year CDs so one matures every year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
I couldn’t tell whether she meant the jazz CD Stephen was holding or “The Secret Garden,” but I took it as permission nonetheless and slipped the book into my purse.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Then I would choose a CD, and he would read while I lay on the floor next to his feet, eyes fixed on his socks, and listened.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Airports authority officials also are eyeing the eventual replacement of the C/D concourse, built in 1985 as a temporary structure that serves United Airlines.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 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
Their chart currently ranges from busts 32 inches to 40 inches, cups in A/B or C/D, and lengths in petite, regular and tall.
From BusinessWeek ● May 1, 2012
"Assuming the decision is to upgrade F-16 A/Bs, they will provide essentially the same quality as new F-16 C/D aircraft at a far cheaper price," the official said in New York.
From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 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
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
To get a C.D. rate of 5 percent or even more, you’ll generally have to tie up your funds for around a year.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
Speeches on behalf of the Institution by C.D.
From Life of Charles Dickens by Frank T. (Frank Thomas) Marzials
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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