ATOMIC NUMBER 23

 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic number 23 mean? 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 23 (noun)
  The noun ATOMIC NUMBER 23 has 1 sense:

1. a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite

  Familiarity information: ATOMIC NUMBER 23 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 23 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 23; V; vanadium

Hypernyms ("atomic number 23" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("atomic number 23" is a substance of...):

carnotite (a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium)

vanadinite (a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium)