stannum

[ stan-uhm ]

noun
  1. tin.

Origin of stannum

1
1775–85; <Late Latin: tin, Latin stannum, stagnum alloy of silver and lead

Words Nearby stannum

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How to use stannum in a sentence

  • This gigantic flood, this overwhelming and cataclysmic roar, filled every pore of stannum's body.

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  • But now stannum notices a shriller accent, the accent of a sun that has lost its sex and is stricken with soft moon-sickness.

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  • stannum fled from these disturbing dreams seeking safety in the mountains.

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  • stannum saw what man had never seen before—the tone-color of each instrument.

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  • In the like manner they employed werk or stannum, which was obtained almost in the same manner in the fusion of silver.

British Dictionary definitions for stannum

stannum

/ (ˈstænəm) /


noun
  1. an obsolete name for tin (def. 1)

Origin of stannum

1
C18: from Late Latin: tin, from Latin: alloy of silver and lead, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare Welsh ystaen tin

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