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strontian

[ stron-shee-uhn, -shuhn ]

strontian

/ ˈstrɒntɪən /

noun

  1. another name for strontianite
  2. another name for strontium strontium monoxide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of strontian1

1780–90; short for Strontian earth mineral first found in Strontian parish, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strontian1

C18: named after a parish in Argyll, where it was discovered
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Example Sentences

Then the hopelessness of his position burst upon him like a red strontian fire.

It was enveloped by the limestone which abounds in cavities filled with crystals of strontian and dog-tooth spar.

She never uses high tints and strontian lights to astonish lookers-on.

Shellac may be melted with nitrate of strontian, in the same way.

I suppose you have not heard of the discovery of the native sulphate of strontian in England.

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