/stron"shee euh, -sheuh/ , n. Chem.
1. Also called strontium oxide . a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
2. See strontium hydroxide .
[ 1795-1805; STRONTI(AN) + -A 4 ]