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STRONTIUM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does strontium mean?

• STRONTIUM (noun)
The noun STRONTIUM has 1 sense:

1. a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite

Familiarity information: STRONTIUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• STRONTIUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 38; Sr; strontium

Hypernyms ("strontium" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strontium"):

strontium 90 (a radioactive isotope of strontium (with the mass number 90) that is present in the fallout from nuclear explosions; can be assimilated like calcium into bones)

Holonyms ("strontium" is a substance of...):

celestite (a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate)

strontianite (a mineral consisting of strontium carbonate)

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