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vanadium

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. vanadium (noun)
  2. vanadium bronze (noun)
  3. vanadium oxide (noun)
  4. vanadium pentoxide (noun)
  5. vanadium steel (noun)

va·na·di·um

noun \və-ˈnā-dē-əm\

Definition of VANADIUM

: a silvery-grayish malleable ductile metallic element obtained from minerals and used especially to form alloys and in catalysts — see element table
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Origin of VANADIUM

New Latin, from Old Norse Vanadīs Freya
First Known Use: 1833

Rhymes with VANADIUM

caladium, palladium

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