PD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pd mean? 

• PD (noun)
  The noun PD has 1 sense:

1. a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry

  Familiarity information: PD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 46; palladium; Pd

Hypernyms ("Pd" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

 Context examples 

The researchers have used exosomes as “Trojan horses” to deliver palladium (Pd) catalysts into cancer cells.

(Scientists successfully deliver “Trojan horse” catalysts into cancerous tumour cells to destroy them from within, Universities of Granada)

An element with atomic symbol Pd, atomic number 46, and atomic weight 106.42.

(Palladium, NCI Thesaurus)

The authors of the study have found a way to induce the synthesis of catalysts (Pd nanosheets with a thickness of just over one nanometre) inside tumour cell exosomes without disturbing the properties of their membranes—thus converting the exosomes into Trojan horses capable of delivering the catalyst to the progenitor cancer cells.

(Scientists successfully deliver “Trojan horse” catalysts into cancerous tumour cells to destroy them from within, Universities of Granada)