vanadium
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vanadium /vəˈneɪdɪəm/
▶noun the chemical element of atomic number 23, a hard grey metal used to make alloy steels. (Symbol: V)
– origin C19: mod. L., from ON Vanadis (a name of the Scandinavian goddess Freyja).
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