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VANADINITE

Dictionary entry overview: What does vanadinite mean?

• VANADINITE (noun)
The noun VANADINITE has 1 sense:

1. a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium

Familiarity information: VANADINITE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VANADINITE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "vanadinite"):

atomic number 23; V; vanadium (a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite)

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