CD

Examples

• All

• After using his special move, the character had to wait for the ability's CD to reset before attacking again.

• As shown in Figure 4, the change in CD is very small.

  Academic text (2001)

• The targeting CD!

  Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)

• The game's strategy relies heavily on managing the CD of powerful spells during battles.

• Each hero in the game has a different CD for their skills, which affects their combat effectiveness.

Synonyms

C

cooldown

vsCD

• Jargon

3 4.7

A short time you must wait before doing the action again

is the abbreviated form used in gaming to name that waiting period

Compounds

C

CD player

42 1.5

A machine that plays music from CDs

C

CD-ROM

• Archaic

16 4.0

A disc for computers that stores data you cannot change

C

CD-ROM drive

• Archaic

2 3.7

A device in or connected to a computer that reads data from CDs

C

CD burner

1 3.2

A machine that writes music or files onto CDs

C

CD-R

1 4.1

A disc you can write to only once that holds music or files

A

audio CD

1 2.5

A round plastic disc that stores music or spoken recordings to play in a CD player

C

CD drive

1 2.7

A part of a computer or music player that reads CDs

C

CD-WO

• Archaic

6.7

A compact disc that you can write on only once and then only read

Surface Forms

Etymology