Chem. [f. VANAD-IUM + -ATE1 So F. vanadate.] A salt produced by the combination of vanadic acid with a base.
1835. Partington’s Brit. Cycl. Arts & Sci., II. 858/2. The precipitate is vanadate of barytes or lead.
1851. Mantell, Petrifactions, iii. § 1. 145. Vanadic acid and vanadates.
1883. Science, I. 490/1. Strontic vanadate was prepared by fusion of the acid with sodic bromide and strontic bromide. Ibid. Vanadates of lead, cadmium, zinc,… were formed in the same way.
