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vanadium

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va=na=di=um

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun vanadium has 1 sense

vanadium(n = noun.substance) atomic number 23, v - a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite; Array

is a kind of metal, metallic element

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CIDE DICTIONARY

vanadium, n. [NL., fr. Icel. Vanadīs, a surname of the Scandinavian goddess Freya.].

A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 50.94 (C12=12.000). [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

vanadium, n. Chem. a hard grey metallic transition element occurring naturally in several ores and used in small quantities for strengthening some steels.

Usage

Symb.: V.

Derivative

vanadate n. vanadic adj. vanadous adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. ON Vanad{iacute}s name of the Scand. goddess Freyja + -IUM

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