How to pronounce cds

Noun

• a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

  Synonyms: cadmiumcdatomic number

• the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin

  Synonyms: candlecandelacdstandard candle

• a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest

  Synonyms: certificate of depositcd

• a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser

  Synonyms: compact diskcompact disccd