palladium
21Palladium — [pə lā′dē əm] n. pl. Palladia [pə lā′dēə] [L < Gr palladion, sacred statue or image, after PALLAS] 1. in ancient Greece and Rome, any statue of the Greek goddess Pallas Athena; specif., the legendary statue in Troy on the preservation of which …
22palladium — [pə lā′dē əm] n. [ModL: so named (1803) by W. H. Wollaston (see WOLLASTONITE), after the recently discovered asteroid PALLAS + IUM] a rare, silver white, ductile, malleable chemical element, one of the platinum metals: it is used as a catalyst,… …
23Palladium — Eigenschaften …
24palladium — 1. palladium [ paladjɔm ] n. m. • 1562; palladion 1160; lat. palladium, gr. palladion ♦ Antiq. Statue de Pallas considérée par les Troyens comme le gage du salut de leur ville. ♢ (1748) Didact. Bouclier, garantie, sauvegarde. « la loi civile, qui …
25Palladium — Pal|la|di|um 〈n.; s, di|en〉 I 〈zählb.〉 1. kultisches Bild der grch. Göttin Pallas Athene in Troja 2. 〈fig.〉 schützendes Heiligtum II 〈unz.; Chem.; 〉 chem. Element, Edelmetall der Platingruppe, Ordnungszahl 46 [nach Pallas Athene] * * *… …
26Palladium — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Palladium », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Dans la mythologie grecque, le Palladium ou… …
27Palladium — , PALLADIAN Pallas Athene, called Pallas Minerva in Latin, perhaps is so named from the spear she brandished. In classical legend, the wooden statue of Pallas, in the citadel of Troy, which was said to have fallen from heaven, preserved the …
28PALLADIUM — s. m. (On prononce Palladiome. ) Mot emprunté du latin et dérivé du grec. Nom d une statue de Pallas, qui passait pour être le gage de la conservation de Troie. On a désigné depuis par ce nom Les divers objets auxquels certaines villes, certains… …
29palladium — /peuh lay dee euhm/, n. Chem. a rare metallic element of the platinum group, silver white, ductile and malleable, harder and fusing more readily than platinum: used chiefly as a catalyst and in dental and other alloys. Symbol: Pd; at. wt.: 106.4; …
30Palladium — /peuh lay dee euhm/, n., pl. Palladia / dee euh/. 1. Also, Palladion /peuh lay dee on /. a statue of Athena, esp. one on the citadel of Troy on which the safety of the city was supposed to depend. 2. (usually l.c.) anything believed to provide… …
