strontian

American  

[stron-shee-uhn, -shuhn] / ˈstrɒn ʃi ən, -ʃən /

noun

1. strontianite.

2. strontia.

3. strontium.

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strontian British  

/ ˈstrɒntɪən /

noun

1. another name for strontianite

2. another name for strontium strontium monoxide

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Etymology

Origin of strontian

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

Example Sentences

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strontian

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

From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh

This strontian was on the south side of Moss Island, in a horizontal vein of three feet in thickness, and from forty to fifty feet in length.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

The taste and science displayed in its execution do credit to the engineer; and the soil in which it is imbedded, being argillaceous, partially encrusted with strontian, reflects equal honour on his geological attainments.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829 by Various

I find that strontian is much more extensively interspersed through the rock formations of this region than I had heretofore conceived.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Chrome yellows, citron yellow, strontian yellow, and Thwaites' yellow, also belong to this division.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas