strontium

Questions about strontium

What does strontium mean?

strontium means "a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite".

How many syllables are in strontium?

strontium has 3 syllables: stron-ti-um. The stress falls on "stron". In IPA it is /ˈstɹɑntiəm/.

What is another word for strontium?

Close synonyms include Sr, atomic number 38. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is strontium a common word?

strontium is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.