Definition of Vanadium

1. Noun. A soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite.

Exact synonyms: Atomic Number 23, V
Generic synonyms: Metal, Metallic Element
Substance meronyms: Carnotite, Vanadinite

Definition of Vanadium

1. 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.

2. 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.

Definition of Vanadium

1. Noun. A chemical element, (''symbol'' V) with an atomic number of 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels. ¹

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Definition of Vanadium

1. a metallic element [n -S] : VANADIC, VANADOUS [adj]

Medical Definition of Vanadium

1. 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. Atomic weight: 51.2 Abbreviation: V Origin: NL, fr. Icel. Vanadis, a surname of the Scandinavian goddess Freya. (30 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vanadium

vanadatian
vanadia
vanadian
vanadiate
vanadiates
vanadic
vanadic acid
vanadic acids
vanadiferous
vanadinite
vanadinites
vanadiocarpholite
vanadious
vanadite
vanadites
vanadium (current term)
vanadium-50
vanadium-51
vanadium bromoperoxidase
vanadium chromagen
vanadium compounds
vanadium group
vanadium pentoxide
vanadium pentoxides
vanadium steel
vanadiumdravite
vanadiums
vanadoan
vanadocyte

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