palladium

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[edit] Etymology 1

The sense of "safeguard" comes from Latin Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected Troy), from Greek Παλλάδιον, from Πάλλας, an alternative name for Athena.

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Singular
palladium

Plural
palladia

palladium (plural palladia)

  1. A safeguard (from a statue of Athena that was believed to safeguard the ancient city of Troy).
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[edit] Etymology 2

The element was named after Pallas, an asteroid that had been discovered two years before the element.

Chemical element
Pd Previous: rhodium (Rh)
Next: silver (Ag)

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Singular
palladium

Plural
uncountable

palladium (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) A metallic chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46.
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palladium n.

  1. (chemistry) palladium

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palladium

  1. (chemistry) palladium

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  • IPA: /pa.la.djɔm/

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palladium m (usually uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) palladium

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  • IPA: [pəˈlaː˨ɖɔ˧m]

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palladium n.

  1. (uncountable, chemistry) palladium
  2. a part of palladium

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Root singular Root plural Diminutive singular Diminutive plural
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, use nominative instead.

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palladium n.

Declination for palladium Singular Uncountable
Neuter Indefinite Definite
Base form palladium palladiumet
Possessive form palladiums palladiumets
  1. (chemistry) palladium