vanadium
/vəˈneɪdɪəm/noun
mass noun
- the chemical element of atomic number 23, a hard grey metal of the transition series, used to make alloy steels. (symbol: V)（化学元素）钒（符号： V）。
词源
19th cent.: modern Latin, from Old Norse Vanadis (a name of the Scandinavian goddess Freyja).