English noun: vanadium | |||
| 1. | vanadium (substance) a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite | ||
| Synonyms | atomic number 23, V | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | metal, metallic element | ||
| Substance meronym | carnotite, vanadinite | ||