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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 rightsBlackstone.
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.
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
Luxembourgish
| Chemical element | |
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| Pd | Previous: Rhodium (Rh) |
| Next: Sëlwer (Ag) | |
Noun
Palladium ? (uncountable)
palladium
palladium
English
Noun
palladium (plural palladia)
- A safeguard.
- Blackstone
- The trial by jury is the Palladium of our civil rights.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- [H]ow unspeakably ominous to dim Royalist participators; for whom Royalism was Mankind's palladium[.]
- Blackstone
Translations
a safeguard
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)
- A metallic chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
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Translations
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Dutch
| Chemical element | |
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| Pd | Previous: rhodium (Rh) |
| Next: zilver (Ag) | |
Pronunciation
Noun
palladium n (uncountable)
Finnish
Noun
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 | — | — | |
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
- 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
Inflection
Declension of palladium
| 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 | — |
| ¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. | ||||
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈlɑːdɪɵm/
Noun
palladium n (uncountable)
Declension
Declension of palladium
| uncountable | uncountable | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuter | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative | palladium | palladiumet | ||
| genitive | palladiums | palladiumets | ||