VANADIUMS

Noun

vanadiums

plural of vanadium

Anagrams

• avisandum

Source: Wiktionary


VANADIUM

Va*na"di*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Icel. Vanadis, a surname of the Scandinavian goddess Freya.] (Chem.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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