STRONTIUM


Meaning of STRONTIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsträn(t)-sh(ē-)əm, ˈsträn-tē-əm ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from strontia strontium oxide, from obsolete English strontian, from Strontian, village in Scotland

Date: 1808

: 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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