Cd
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Definition
Noun:
- Compact Disc: A small, circular, flat object made of plastic and metal used to store digital data, such as music, computer software, or video, which is read by a laser beam.
- Certificate of Deposit: A type of savings account offered by a bank or credit union with a fixed interest rate and a fixed date of withdrawal (maturity date).
- Candela: The standard international unit (SI unit) for measuring luminous intensity, which is the power of light as perceived by the human eye.
- Cadmium: A soft, bluish-white metallic chemical element that is toxic and is often used in batteries, pigments, and metal plating.
Adjective:
- Four hundred: Representing the cardinal number 400. This is an archaic or specialized use, derived from the Roman numeral CD.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Compact Disc):
- I bought the new album on cd.
- The software installation files are stored on a cd-rom.
- Noun (Certificate of Deposit):
- She invested her savings in a six-month cd to earn a higher interest rate.
- Noun (Candela):
- The lamp's output is 800 cd. (This technical usage is less common in everyday language.)
- Noun (Cadmium):
- The yellow pigment contained cd. (This technical usage is almost exclusively scientific.)
- Adjective:
- The year cdXLIV is 444. (This usage is very rare in modern contexts.)
Advanced Usage
- The term cd is most commonly used as a countable noun for the physical object (the disc). Its other meanings are typically found in specific, technical contexts (finance, physics, chemistry).
- In computing, cd is also a fundamental command in command-line interfaces (like Terminal or Command Prompt) meaning "change directory."
Variants and Related Words
- CD-ROM (noun): A Compact Disc Read-Only Memory, used for storing computer data.
- CD-R (noun): A Compact Disc-Recordable, a blank disc onto which data can be written once.
- CD-RW (noun): A Compact Disc-ReWritable, a blank disc that can be written, erased, and rewritten multiple times.
- CD player (noun): An electronic device for playing audio compact discs.
Synonyms
- For Compact Disc: disc, optical disc.
- For Certificate of Deposit: time deposit, savings certificate.
- For Candela: (No common synonym; it is a standard unit).
- For Cadmium: (Element symbol Cd).
Related Phrases
- "Burn a cd": To write data onto a recordable compact disc.
- I need to burn a cd with the presentation files.
- "Rip a cd": To copy the audio tracks from a compact disc onto a computer.
- He ripped his entire cd collection to his hard drive.
Adjective
- being one hundred more than three hundred
Noun
- a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
- a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest
- 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
- a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores