Definitions for strontian

strontian stron·ti·an

Spelling: [stron-shee-uh n, -shuh n]
IPA: /ˈstrɒn ʃi ən, -ʃən/

Strontian is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 429 anagrams from letters in strontian (ainnorstt).

Definitions for strontian

noun

  1. strontianite.
  2. strontia.
  3. strontium.

Origin of strontian

1780-90; short for Strontian earth mineral first found in Strontian parish, Argyllshire, Scotland

Examples for strontian

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

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.

The same holds with yellows and blues, as orange cadmium is a red yellow, and strontian yellow is a greenish yellow.

Antrim, and with harmotome in the lead mines at strontian in Argyllshire.

Their solutions give white precipitates with the salts of barium, strontian and lead, insoluble in nitric acid.

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

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