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Noun: vanadium  vu'ney-dee-um
  1. A soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite
    "Vanadium is added to steel to increase its strength and heat resistance";
    - V, atomic number 23

Derived forms: vanadiums

Type of: metal, metallic element

Part of: carnotite, vanadinite

Encyclopedia: Vanadium