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vanadium (n.)
rare metallic element, 1833, named 1830 by Swedish chemist Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787-1845), from Old Norse
Vanadis
, one of the names of the Norse beauty goddess
Freyja
(see
Freya
), perhaps because of its colorful compounds.
