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VANADIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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; vanadium

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("vanadium" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("vanadium" is a substance of...):

carnotite (a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium)

vanadinite (a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium)

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