strontium
See also: Strontium
English
Chemical element | |
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Sr | |
Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
Next: yttrium (Y) |
Etymology
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, after the earlier term strontianite, for the name of the Scottish town Strontian.
Pronunciation
- enPR: strŏn'tēəm, IPA(key): /ˈstɹɒn.ti.əm/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
strontium (usually uncountable, plural strontiums)
- The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.

Strontium sample
Derived terms
- bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide
- rubidium-strontium
- strontane
- strontian (adjective)
- strontic
- strontium aluminate
- strontium chloride
- strontium chloride hexahydrate
- strontium hydroxide
- strontium nitrate
- strontium nitride
- strontium oxide
- strontium platinocyanide
- strontium ranelate
- strontium titanate
- strontium unit
- strontium-90
Translations
chemical element
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See also
References
- Strontium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
Anagrams
Danish
Dutch
Chemical element | |
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Sr | |
Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
Next: yttrium (Y) |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɔn.(t)si.ʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stron‧ti‧um
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrontium/, [ˈs̠t̪ro̞n̪t̪ium]
- Rhymes: -ontium
- Syllabification(key): stron‧ti‧um
Declension
Inflection of strontium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | strontium | strontiumit | ||
genitive | strontiumin | strontiumien | ||
partitive | strontiumia | strontiumeja | ||
illative | strontiumiin | strontiumeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | strontium | strontiumit | ||
accusative | nom. | strontium | strontiumit | |
gen. | strontiumin | |||
genitive | strontiumin | strontiumien | ||
partitive | strontiumia | strontiumeja | ||
inessive | strontiumissa | strontiumeissa | ||
elative | strontiumista | strontiumeista | ||
illative | strontiumiin | strontiumeihin | ||
adessive | strontiumilla | strontiumeilla | ||
ablative | strontiumilta | strontiumeilta | ||
allative | strontiumille | strontiumeille | ||
essive | strontiumina | strontiumeina | ||
translative | strontiumiksi | strontiumeiksi | ||
instructive | — | strontiumein | ||
abessive | strontiumitta | strontiumeitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stʁɔ̃.sjɔm/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “strontium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Chemical element | |
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Sr | |
Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
Next: yttrium (Y) |
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstron.ti.um/, [ˈs̠t̪rɔn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstron.t͡si.um/, [ˈst̪rɔnt̪͡s̪ium]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | strontium | strontia |
Genitive | strontiī | strontiōrum |
Dative | strontiō | strontiīs |
Accusative | strontium | strontia |
Ablative | strontiō | strontiīs |
Vocative | strontium | strontia |
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstro˦nʃɔ˧m]
Inflection
Declension of strontium
Root singular | Root plural | Diminutive singular | Diminutive plural | |
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Nominative | strontium | strontia | strontieke | strontiekes |
Genitive | strontiums | strontia | strontiekes | strontiekes |
Locative | strontieës | strontieëser | strontieëske | strontieëskes |
Dative¹ | strontiumme | — | strontieke | — |
Accusative¹ | strontium | — | strontieke | — |
¹Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead. |
Malay
Chemical element | |
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Sr | |
Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
Next: itrium (Y) |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [strɔntiom], [strɔntiəm], [strɔnʃəm]
- Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om
Swedish
Chemical element | |
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Sr | |
Previous: rubidium (Rb) | |
Next: yttrium (Y) |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɔntsɪɵm/
Declension
Declension of strontium | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | strontium | strontiumet | — | — |
Genitive | strontiums | strontiumets | — | — |
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