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strontium

noun

  1. chemical element with atomic number of 38
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/ / /ˈstrɒn.ʃi.əm/

noun

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

  1. The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
  2. A single atom of this element.