A surname.

plural of Vana

A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels. / (countable) A single atom of this element.

(chemistry) any of various hydrated forms of vanadium pentoxide

(inorganic chemistry) An orange crystalline powder, V₂O₅, used as a catalyst in the production of sulphuric acid etc.

(chemistry) any salt of vanadic acid / (chemistry) any of the corresponding anions, VO₃, VO₄, or V₂O₇

(chemistry) The divalent radical VO, or the cation VO²⁺.

plural of vanadate

(physics) The only stable isotope of vanadium, ⁵¹₂₃V, having twenty-three protons and twenty-eight neutrons

(obsolete) vanadate