stannum

[ stan-uh m ]

/ ˈstæn əm /

noun

Words nearby stannum

stanniferous, stannite, stannous, stannous chloride, stannous fluoride, stannum, stanolone, stanovoi, stanovoi range, stans, stanton

Origin of stannum

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

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Examples from the Web for stannum

Pliny only says that a coating of stannum improved the taste of food, and guarded against verdigris.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2)|Johann Beckman
But now Stannum notices a shriller accent, the accent of a sun that has lost its sex and is stricken with soft moon-sickness.
Melomaniacs|James Huneker
Electrum is an alloy of gold and silver, Stannum of lead and silver (see note 33, p. 473).
De Re Metallica|Georgius Agricola
We should not have known what stannum was, had not the only passage of Pliny which informs us been preserved.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume II (of 2)|Johann Beckman

Then the stannum runs out of the furnace into the forehearth; this is an alloy of lead and silver.
De Re Metallica|Georgius Agricola

British Dictionary definitions for stannum

stannum

/ (ˈstænəm) /

noun

an obsolete name for tin (def. 1)

Word Origin for stannum

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

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Medicine definitions for stannum

stannum

[ stăn′əm ]

n.

The element tin.