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单词 palladium
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palladium1

nounPlural palladia pəˈleɪdɪəmpəˈleɪdiəm
mass noun
  • The chemical element of atomic number 46, a rare silvery-white metal resembling platinum.

    钯(符号: Pd

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can, with Kallitype, start with a noble metal, silver, which can be toned with the more noble metals gold, palladium and platinum, and through double or triple toning produce prints with split tones.
    • To this group belong the important steel alloying elements nickel and manganese, as well as cobalt and the inert metals ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum.
    • These metals include platinum, palladium, and rhodium.
    • But since it was divested of most of its assets, it now concentrates on mining rare metals such as platinum, palladium and rhodium in Africa and other regions.
    • There is a growing interest in the assessment of health risks posed by increased human exposure to some platinum group metals, namely platinum, rhodium and palladium.

Origin

Early 19th century: modern Latin, from Pallas, the name given to an asteroid discovered just before the element (see Pallas).

Rhymes

radium, stadium, vanadium

palladium2

nounPlural palladia pəˈleɪdɪəmpəˈleɪdiəm
archaic
  • A safeguard or source of protection.

    〈古〉保护;保障

    he regarded himself as the palladium of the American cause
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The philosophy of Descartes established this principle, which is the palladium of science; and thus the third preliminary condition was fulfilled.
    • Vixum is best remembered for installing the Phra Bang as the palladium (protector) of the Lan xang kings.
    • The icon of the Virgin of Vladimir acts in a similar way as a palladium of the Russian Church and state.
    • References to the bird are peppered throughout Guatemala's national anthem, in which the quetzal is compared with the condor and the royal eagle and is described as a palladium or protector of the soil.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the Greek sense): via Latin from Greek palladion, denoting an image of the goddess Pallas (Athene), on which the safety of Troy was believed to depend.

palladium1

nounpəˈlādēəmpəˈleɪdiəm
  • The chemical element of atomic number 46, a rare silvery-white metal resembling platinum.

    钯(符号: Pd

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These metals include platinum, palladium, and rhodium.
    • To this group belong the important steel alloying elements nickel and manganese, as well as cobalt and the inert metals ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum.
    • But since it was divested of most of its assets, it now concentrates on mining rare metals such as platinum, palladium and rhodium in Africa and other regions.
    • There is a growing interest in the assessment of health risks posed by increased human exposure to some platinum group metals, namely platinum, rhodium and palladium.
    • You can, with Kallitype, start with a noble metal, silver, which can be toned with the more noble metals gold, palladium and platinum, and through double or triple toning produce prints with split tones.

Origin

Early 19th century: modern Latin, from Pallas, the name given to an asteroid discovered just before the element (see Pallas).

palladium2

nounpəˈlādēəmpəˈleɪdiəm
archaic
  • A safeguard or source of protection.

    〈古〉保护;保障

    he regarded himself as the palladium of the American cause
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vixum is best remembered for installing the Phra Bang as the palladium (protector) of the Lan xang kings.
    • References to the bird are peppered throughout Guatemala's national anthem, in which the quetzal is compared with the condor and the royal eagle and is described as a palladium or protector of the soil.
    • The icon of the Virgin of Vladimir acts in a similar way as a palladium of the Russian Church and state.
    • The philosophy of Descartes established this principle, which is the palladium of science; and thus the third preliminary condition was fulfilled.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the Greek sense): via Latin from Greek palladion, denoting an image of the goddess Pallas (Athene), on which the safety of Troy was believed to depend.

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