strontia
Strontiumoxid, Ätzstrontian
A pale earth composed of strontium oxideA pale earth composed of strontium oxide (SrO).
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A pale earth composed of strontium oxide (SrO).
1829, Jacob Green, A Text Book of Chemical Philosophy, R. H. Small, page 247, From the close resemblance between baryta and strontia, these substances were once supposed to be identical.
Strontiumoxid, Ätzstrontian
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By meaning 1
a pale earth composed of strontium oxide:
Origin
From strontium + -a. Ultimately after Strontian, the Scottish village where strontium (andFrom strontium + -a. Ultimately after Strontian, the Scottish village where strontium (and the mineral strontianite) was discovered.
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1 related wordsRelatedstrontianite
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable