a. [f. CADM-IUM + -IC.]
1. Chem. Of cadmium: as in cadmic oxide, etc.
1873. Williamson, Chem., 173. Cadmic sulphide is a beautiful yellow compound.
2. Of cadmia, cadmean.
1873. A. W. Ward, trans. Curtius’ Greece, I. I. iii. 91. The earth used for the refinement of copper was called Cadmic earth.
