English Explanatory Dictionary

palladium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A safeguard.
noun
  1. A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.
  2. A single atom of this element.
name
  1. A wooden statue of great antiquity on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend.

Pronunciation

pəlā'dēəm /pəˈleɪdiəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-palladium.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-palladium.wav

Word forms

palladium palladia palladiums Palladion

Etymology

The sense of "safeguard" comes from Latin Palladium (the image of Pallas that protected Troy), from Ancient Greek Παλλάδιον (Palládion), from Παλλάς (Pallás), an epithet used before Athena.

Related words

Pallas

Derived words

allylpalladium dioxide of palladium dipalladium nonapalladium octapalladium organopalladium pallad- palladian palladic palladide palladiferous palladio- palladious palladous palladium black palladium chloride palladium cyanide palladium dichloride palladium dinitrate palladium hydride palladiumise palladiumize palladium nitrate palladoan pentapalladium protoxide of palladium radiopalladium testibiopalladite tetrapalladium
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