“cd”

Definitions

• noun

  a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest

  Synonyms: certificate of deposit

• noun

  a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser

  Synonyms: compact disk, compact disc

• noun

  a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

  Synonyms: cadmium

• adjective

  being one hundred more than three hundred

  Synonyms: four hundred

• noun

  the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin

  Synonyms: candle, candela, standard candle