Vanadium

[və'neɪdɪəm] or [və'nedɪəm]

Definition

(noun.) a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite.

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Definition

(n.) 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 51.2.

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Definition

n. a rare metal somewhat resembling silver in appearance very brittle and infusible and unoxidisible either by air or water.—ns. Van′adāte Vanā′diāte a salt formed by vanadic acid combined with a base.—adjs. Vanad′ic Vanā′dious Van′adous pertaining to or obtained from vanadium; Vanadif′erous yielding vanadium.—n. Van′adinite a compound of lead vanadate and lead chloride.

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