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ATOMIC NUMBER 23
I. (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
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Classified under:
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)