palladium
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
The sense of "safeguard" comes from Latin Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected Troy), from Ancient Greek Παλλάδιον, from Παλλάς, an alternative name for Athena.
[edit] Noun
palladium (plural palladia)
- A safeguard (from a statue of Athena that was believed to safeguard the ancient city of Troy).
[edit] Translations
a safeguard
[edit] Etymology 2
The element was named after Pallas, an asteroid that had been discovered two years before the element.
| Chemical element | |
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| Pd | Previous: rhodium (Rh) |
| Next: silver (Ag) | |
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palladium (uncountable)
- A metallic chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46.
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Derived terms
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chemical element
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palladium n.
[edit] Finnish
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palladium
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Declension of palladium (type risti)
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- IPA: /pa.la.djɔm/
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palladium m. (usually uncountable)
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- IPA: [pəˈlaː˨ɖɔ˧m]
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palladium n.
- (uncountable) palladium
- a part of palladium
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Declension of palladium
| Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
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| Nominative | palladiumum | palladiuma | palladiumeke | palladiumekes |
| Genitive | palladiumums | palladiuma | palladiumekes | palladiumekes |
| Locative | palladiumeës | palladiumeëser | palladiumeëske | palladiumeëskes |
| Dative¹ | palladiumumme | — | palladiumeke | — |
| Accusative¹ | palladiumum | — | palladiumeke | — |
¹ Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /paˈlɑːdɪɵm/
[edit] Noun
palladium n.
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Declension of palladium
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| Neuter | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative | palladium | palladiumet | ||
| genitive | palladiums | palladiumets | ||
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