To coat, plate, or treat something with cadmium or a cadmium compound.
From cadmium + -ize (suffix meaning 'to treat with' or 'to cause to become'). The -ize suffix is productive in English, especially in technical and industrial terminology.
Engineers cadmiumize steel parts to prevent rust—it's like giving metal an invisible shield, though we now avoid it due to cadmium's toxicity!
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