Category:Vanadium

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

Defn: 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.