Strontian Definition

stränzhən, stränzhēən
noun
Strontium, esp. in the form of a compound.
Webster's New World
adjective

(mineralogy) Describing minerals containing strontium.

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pronoun

A small village in Scotland that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which was discovered there.

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Origin of Strontian

  • Place name is from Scottish Gaelic Sròn an t- Sithein, "nose of fairy hill," said to be inhabited by the mythological sídhe.

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