Cadmia


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Cad´mi`a


n.1.(Min.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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