STRONTIUM


Meaning of STRONTIUM in English

[stron.tium] n [NL, fr. strontia strontium oxide, fr. obs. E strontian, fr. Strontian, village in Scotland] (1808): a soft malleable ductile metallic element of the alkaline-earth group occurring only in combination and used esp. in color TV tubes, in crimson fireworks, and in the production of some ferrites

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