/ ˈstrɒntiəm; ˈstrɒnʃ-; NAmE ˈstrɑːnʃ-; ˈstrɑːnt-/ noun
[ U ] ( symb Sr ) a chemical element. Strontium is a soft silver-white metal.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent.: from strontia (from earlier strontian , denoting native strontium carbonate from Strontian , a parish in the Highland region of Scotland, where it was discovered) + -ium .