Thesaurus: vanadium

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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 soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite
3. 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. Sumbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2.
4. A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, foundcombined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as aninfusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate betweenthe metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties.Sumbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2.
5. n:100 n. a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite