Dictionary Definition
cad
Noun
1 someone who is morally reprehensible; "you
dirty dog" [syn: bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel]
2 software used in art and architecture and
engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing [syn:
computer-aided
design]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Short for caddie, from Scots, from French cadet, from dialectal capdet "chief, captain", from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput "head".Pronunciation
- /kæd/
- /k
Extensive Definition
CAD may refer to:
- Computer-aided diagnosis / Computer-assisted Detection (medical), an inter-discipline combining computer science and radiography to support the diagnostic process
- Computer-aided design, a wide range of computer-based tools that assist engineers, architects and other design professionals
- Cadoxton railway station, serving the village of Cadoxton near Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
- Canadian dollar, the currency of Canada
- Capital Adequacy Directive, a European directive that aims to establish uniform capital requirements for both banking firms and non-bank securities firms
- Cash Against Documents, an arrangement by which a consignee cannot take possession of shipped goods before payment
- Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty, an industrial and alternative rock band that formed in the 1980s
- Cold air damming, a meteorological phenomenon that involves a high pressure system
- Collisionally activated dissociation, a fragmentation method in mass spectrometry.
- Computer-assisted dispatch, a method of dispatching taxicabs, couriers, field service technicians, or emergency services
- Coronary artery disease, AKA coronary heart disease
- Ctrl+Alt+Del, a gaming-related webcomic and animated series
- Cylindrical algebraic decomposition
- Current account deficit, in the balance of payments
- Wexford County Airport, IATA airport code: CAD, in Cadillac, Michigan, United States
- Cad (character), a man who seduces a young woman, often to her social or financial ruin
- Civil Aviation Department (Hong Kong), a department in the Hong Kong Government
- Civil Aviation Department (Barbados), a department in the Barbados Government
- Civil Aviation Department (Maldives), a department in the Maldives Government
- Civil Aviation Department (Suriname), a department in the Suriname Government
- Abbreviation for Cadmium
See also
- Caddy, the person who carries a golfer's bag
cad in Bulgarian:
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cad in Czech:
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cad in Esperanto:
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cad in French:
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cad in Italian: CAD
(disambigua)
cad in Dutch:
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cad in Japanese: CAD
(曖昧さ回避)
cad in Norwegian:
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cad in Polish:
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cad in Kölsch: CAD (Watt ėßß
datt?)
cad in Russian:
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cad in Slovak:
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cad in Finnish:
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cad in Chinese:
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CAD is also stands for context
analysis diagram.