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strontium

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. strontium (noun)
  2. strontium 90 (noun)
  3. strontium carbonate (noun)
  4. strontium hydroxide (noun)
  5. strontium nitrate (noun)
  6. strontium oxide (noun)
  7. strontium salicylate (noun)
  8. strontium sulfate (noun)
  9. strontium titanate (noun)
  10. strontium white (noun)
  11. strontium yellow (noun)

stron·tium

noun
\ˈsträn(t)-sh(ē-)əm, ˈsträn-tē-əm\

Definition of STRONTIUM

: a soft malleable ductile metallic element of the alkaline-earth group occurring only in combination and used especially in color TV tubes, in crimson fireworks, and in the production of some ferrites — see element table
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Origin of STRONTIUM

New Latin, from strontia strontium oxide, from obsolete English strontian, from Strontian, village in Scotland
First Known Use: 1808

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