Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In chem., containing or yielding vanadium.

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  • adjective Containing or producing vanadium.

Etymologies

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vanadium +‎ -iferous

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Examples

  • The combination of nickel sulphide (Ni-Cu-PGE), VMS (Cu-Zn-Ag), chromitite, potentially vanadiferous titanomagnetite, lead and gold is rare.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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