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Strontium

//ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite wordnet
  3. 3
    A single atom of this element. countable, usually

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.

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