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Atomic number 48

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cadmiumnounA chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
cdnoun(metonymic, dated) An album; a collection of musical recordings (or, occasionally, other audio such as spoken word).
atomic massnounThe mass of an atom.
atomic weightnoun(physics) A term used to represent the mean relative atomic mass of an element in nature, as distinct from the relative atomic mass of a single isotope.
atomic theorynoun(physics) The theory that all gross matter is composed of atoms.
atomic energynounThe energy released by an atom in a nuclear reaction.
atomic bombnoun(uncountable, colloquial, with the) The possession of one or more atomic bombs; the ability to launch a nuclear attack.
atomic powernounSynonym of nuclear power, normally sense 1.
atomic explosionnounthe explosion of an atomic bomb
atom bombnounSynonym of atomic bomb.
nuclear fissionnoun(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.
atomic warheadnounthe warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
nuclear reactionnounA process such as the fission of an atomic nucleus, or the fusion of one or more atomic nuclei and/or subatomic particles in which the number of protons and/or neutrons in a nucleus changes; the reaction products may contain a different element or a different isotope of the same element.
alpha particlenoun(physics) A doubly positively charged nucleus of a helium-4 atom (consisting of two protons and two neutrons), emitted as a consequence of radioactivity.
nuclear weaponnounA weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion.
atomic clocknounAn extremely accurate reference clock whose operation is based on an atomic process, typically the frequency of electromagnetic radiation associated with a specified energy-level transition in an element such as cesium.
chemical elementnoun(chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
nuclear physicsnounThe branch of physics that studies the nucleus of the atom, its internal structure and components.
atomic pilenoun(nuclear physics) An early nuclear reactor fueled by uranium and moderated with graphite.
nuclear fusionnoun(nuclear physics) The combining of the nuclei of atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones, with a resulting release of large quantities of energy; the process that makes the sun shine, and hydrogen bombs explode.

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