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strontium

  • noun
  • strŏn'tēəm

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

Other meanings

  1. A single atom of this element.

A kind of

  • metallic element

Related words

  • distrontium
  • nonastrontium
  • organostrontium
  • pentastrontium
  • radiostrontium
  • strontiferous
  • tetrastrontium
  • tristrontium
  • rubidium-strontium
  • strontane
  • strontic
  • strontium aluminate

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This definition is adapted from “strontium” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.