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palladium

/puh-ley-dee-uhm/US // pəˈleɪ di əm //UK // (pəˈleɪdɪəm) //

铂金,钯金,钯,铂

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : a rare metallic element of the platinum group, silver-white, ductile and malleable, harder and fusing more readily than platinum: used chiefly as a catalyst and in dental and other alloys. Symbol: Pd; atomic weight: 106.4; atomic number: 46; specific gravity: 12 at 20°C.

Examples

  • Kurt and Courtney met the second time in May 1991 during an L7 concert at the Palladium in Los Angeles.

  • He stormed legendary spots like Palladium and Tunnel, and turned them into strobe-lit dens of iniquity.

  • The last point is brought within the scope of our inquiry because the Palladium is an androgyne order.

  • You have restored in their favour the Act of Navigation, that palladium of British commerce.

  • A little while ago, at the Palladium, there was a Moore and Burgess revival.

  • The keys in particular probably indicate that the recompense at one time took the shape of a palladium.

  • An ancient oracle declared that, so long as the Palladium remained within the walls, Troy could not be taken.