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palladium

pal·la·di·um
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [puh-ley-dee-uh m]
    • /pəˈleɪ di əm/
    • /pəˈleɪdjəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puh-ley-dee-uh m]
    • /pəˈleɪ di əm/

Definitions of palladium word

  • noun palladium a rare metallic element of the platinum group, silver-white, ductile and malleable, harder and fusing more readily than platinum: used chiefly as a catalyst and in dental and other alloys. Symbol: Pd; atomic weight: 106.4; atomic number: 46; specific gravity: 12 at 20°C. 1
  • noun plural palladium Also, Palladion [puh-ley-dee-on] /pəˈleɪ diˌɒn/ (Show IPA). a statue of Athena, especially one on the citadel of Troy on which the safety of the city was supposed to depend. 1
  • noun plural palladium (usually lowercase) anything believed to provide protection or safety; safeguard. 1
  • noun palladium chemical element 1
  • noun palladium a ductile malleable silvery-white element of the platinum metal group occurring principally in nickel-bearing ores: used as a hydrogenation catalyst and, alloyed with gold, in jewellery. Symbol: Pd; atomic no: 46; atomic wt: 106.42; valency: 2, 3, or 4; relative density: 1202; melting pt: 1555°C; boiling pt: 2964°C 0
  • noun palladium something believed to ensure protection; safeguard 0
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palladium popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • palladinize

    to treat or cover (a surface) with palladium.

  • ancile

    a shield that was said to have fallen from heaven, on whose preservation the fortune of Rome was thought to depend

  • hoof

    the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.

  • palladian

    pertaining to, introduced by, or in the architectural style of Andrea Palladio.

  • palladous

    of or containing bivalent palladium.

  • platina

    a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
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