(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:18:22

Cad"mi*a (?), n. [L. cadmia calamine, Gr. . Cf. Calamine.] Min.

An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

 

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