of or containing vanadium, esp in a trivalent or pentavalent state
vanadic in American English
(vəˈnædɪk; vəˈneɪdɪk)
adjective
designating or of compounds containing trivalent or pentavalent vanadium
vanadic in American English
(vəˈnædɪk, -ˈneidɪk)
adjective
Chemistry
of or containing vanadium, esp. in the trivalent or pentavalent state
Word origin
[1830–40; vanad(ium) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ante, format, grid, rococo, showcase-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)