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

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)

 Context examples 

Although many elements are produced in the cores of stars, creating elements heavier than iron, such as strontium, requires even hotter environments with lots of free neutrons.

(First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision, ESO)

Evaux thermal spring water is rich in mineral elements particularly of lithium, strontium and manganese.

(Evaux Spring Water-based Topical Spray, NCI Thesaurus)

On Earth, strontium is found naturally in the soil and is concentrated in certain minerals.

(First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision, ESO)

By reanalysing the 2017 data from the merger, we have now identified the signature of one heavy element in this fireball, strontium, proving that the collision of neutron stars creates this element in the Universe, says the study’s lead author Darach Watson from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

(First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision, ESO)