Palladium

<h2 >English</h2>

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<div ><b class="Latn" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladium" class="extiw" title="w:Palladium" >Palladium</a></b></div>

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<h3 >Etymology 1</h3>

<p >The sense of "safeguard" comes from Latin <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Palladium#Latin" title="Palladium" >Palladium</a> (the image of <i class="None mention-None" lang="" xml:lang=""><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pallas" title="Pallas" >Pallas</a></i> that protected <i class="None mention-None" lang="" xml:lang=""><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Troy" title="Troy" >Troy</a></i>), from Ancient Greek <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Παλλάδιον (page does not exist)" >Παλλάδιον</a>, from<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="Παλλάς" >Παλλάς</a>, an alternative name for <i class="None mention-None" lang="" xml:lang=""><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Athena" title="Athena" >Athena</a></i>.</p>

<p ><b class="Latn" lang="en" xml:lang="en">palladium</b> (<i>plural</i> <b><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/palladia#English" title="palladia" >palladia</a></b>)

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<li >A safeguard (from a statue of Athena that was believed to safeguard the ancient city of Troy).</li>

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<h5 >Translations</h5>

<div class="NavHead" align="left" >[<a href="javascript:(function(){})()" >show ▼</a>]a safeguard</div>

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<h3 >[<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=palladium&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology 2" >edit</a>]Etymology 2</h3>

<p >The element was named after <i class="None mention-None" lang="" xml:lang=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas" class="extiw" title="w:Pallas" >Pallas</a></i>, an <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asteroid" title="asteroid" >asteroid</a> that had been discovered two years before the element.</p>

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<p ><b class="Latn" lang="en" xml:lang="en">palladium</b> (<i><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary" >uncountable</a></i>)</p>

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<li >A metallic chemical element (<i>symbol</i> Pd) with an <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atomic_number" title="atomic number" >atomic number</a> of 46.</li>

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