cD
see also: CD
Noun
CD
Pronunciation
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see also: CD
Noun
cD (plural cDs)
- (astronomy) a type of giant elliptical galaxy
CD
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌsiːˈdiː/
cD
- (now, rare) The corps diplomatique, or diplomatic corps of a particular country.
- 1955, Graham Greene, The Quiet American:
- Along the route to Tanyin flowed a fast stream of staff and C.D. cars.
- 1978, Kingsley Amis, Jake's Thing, Vintage 2007, p. 8:
- Jake lengthened his stride and crossed the road in front of a double-parked car, large, black and with CD plates.
- 1955, Graham Greene, The Quiet American:
- Compact disc; a form of digital media that is based on the use of a laser to read from a plastic disc in a reader device.
- Certificate of deposit (from a financial institution).
- Creative director: head of the creative department (for example of an advertising agency).
- Corporate design: specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI.
- Collision detection (used by an Ethernet network to detect when two computers are sending frames at the same time, and also to deal with such collisions when they happen).
- Initialism of chart datum
- Initialism of cross-dresser
- (chemistry, physics) Initialism of circular dichroism
- (immunology, biochemistry) Initialism of cluster of differentiation
cD (cDs, present participle cDing; past and past participle cDed)
- To cross-dress.
- 1993 January 5, "Tierney Dhewitrei" (username), about me, is it familiar?, in alt.transgendered, Usenet:
- By now I did not feel right without a bra and panties whenever I CD'ed.
- 1993 January 5, "Tierney Dhewitrei" (username), about me, is it familiar?, in alt.transgendered, Usenet:
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