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vanadium

Betekenis (Engels)

vanadium

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[waˈna.di.ũː]
Etimologie (Engels)

Derived from Old Norse Vanadis, (one of the names of Freyja, goddess of beauty) + -ium (chemical element suffix), in reference to the many beautifully colored chemical compounds it produces. The Norse name is a compound of the names Vana (from vanr (“lacking, missing”)) and Dis (from dís (“goddess”)).

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