strontium
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strontium
- /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/
- /ˈstrɒn.ʃi.əm/
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Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.
noun strontiums
- The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
- A single atom of this element.
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noun chemical element
| Español | estroncio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스트론튬 seuteurontyum |
| 日本語 | ストロンチウム sutoronchiumu |
| 中文 | 鍶 /锶 sī |
| हिन्दी | शोणातु śoṇātu |
| Português | estrôncio |
| Français | strontium |
| Deutsch | Strontium |
| Italiano | stronzio |
| Ελληνικά | στρόντιο stróntio |
| Română | stronțiu |
| Русский | стро́нций stróncij |
| العربية | إِسْتُرُنْتِيُوم ʔisturuntiyūm |
| עברית | סְטְרוֹנְצְיוּם strontsiyum |
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title = {strontium},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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