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Webster 1913 Edition


Palladium

Pal-la′di-um

(păl-lā′dĭ-ŭm)
,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
Παλλάδιον
, fr.
Παλλάς
,
Παλλάδος
, Pallas.]
1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.
2.
Hence:
That which affords effectual protection or security; a safeguard;
as, the trial by jury is the
palladium
of our civil rights
.
Blackstone.

Pal-la′di-um

,
Noun.
[NL.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the light platinum group, found native, and also alloyed with platinum and gold. It is a silver-white metal resembling platinum, and like it permanent and untarnished in the air, but is more easily fusible, with a melting point of 1555° C. It can also be prepared as a finely divided black powder. It is unique in its power of absorbing hydrogen, which it does to the extent of nearly a thousand volumes, forming the alloy
Pd2H
. It is used for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so named in 1804 by
Wollaston
from the asteroid
Pallas
, which was discovered in 1802. Symbol Pd. Atomic number, 46. Atomic weight, 106.42. Density 12.0.

Webster 1828 Edition


Palladium

PALLA'DIUM

,
Noun.
[Gr. from Pallas,the goddess.]
1.
Primarily, a statue of the goddess Pallas, which represented her as sitting with a pike in her right hand, and in her left a distaff and spindle. On the preservation of this statue depended the safety of Troy. Hence,
2.
Something that affords effectual defense, protection and safety; as when we say, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights.
3.
A metal found in very small grains, of a steel gray color and fibrous structure, in auriferous and platiniferous sand. It is infusible by ordinary heat, and when native, is alloyed with a litter platina and iridium.

Definition 2024


Palladium

Palladium

See also: palladium and palládium

German

Noun

Palladium n (genitive Palladiums, no plural)

  1. palladium

Coordinate terms


Luxembourgish

Chemical element
Pd Previous: Rhodium (Rh)
Next: Sëlwer (Ag)

Noun

Palladium ? (uncountable)

  1. palladium

palladium

palladium

See also: Palladium and palládium

English

Noun

palladium (plural palladia)

  1. A safeguard.
Translations

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)

Noun

palladium (countable and uncountable, plural palladiums)

  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Pd Previous: rodium (Rh)
Next: silwer (Ag)

Noun

palladium (uncountable)

  1. palladium

Dutch

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

Pronunciation

Noun

palladium n (uncountable)

  1. palladium

Finnish

Noun

palladium

  1. palladium

Declension

Inflection of palladium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative palladium
genitive palladiumin
partitive palladiumia
illative palladiumiin
singular plural
nominative palladium
accusative nom. palladium
gen. palladiumin
genitive palladiumin
partitive palladiumia
inessive palladiumissa
elative palladiumista
illative palladiumiin
adessive palladiumilla
ablative palladiumilta
allative palladiumille
essive palladiumina
translative palladiumiksi
instructive
abessive palladiumitta
comitative

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.la.djɔm/

Noun

palladium m (uncountable)

  1. palladium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλλάδιον (palládion), neuter of παλλάδιος (palládios), Παλλάς (Pallás, of Pallas). See Pallas.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /palˈla.di.um/, [paɫˈɫa.di.ũ]

Noun

palladium n (genitive palladiī); second declension

  1. palladium, one of perhaps several statues of Athena, as in the Iliad and Aeneid, believed to safeguard Troy, and later, various Italian cities

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative palladium palladia
genitive palladiī palladiōrum
dative palladiō palladiīs
accusative palladium palladia
ablative palladiō palladiīs
vocative palladium palladia

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəˈlaː˨ɖɔ˧m]

Noun

palladium n

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

Inflection


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈlɑːdɪɵm/

Noun

palladium n (uncountable)

  1. palladium

Declension