1. a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite; [syn: vanadium, V, atomic number 23]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
atomic number 23
n 1: a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel
alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including
carnotite and vanadinite [syn: vanadium, V, atomic
number 23]