Associations to the word «Strontian»

Wiktionary

STRONTIAN, proper noun. A small village in Scotland that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which was discovered there
STRONTIAN, adjective. (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing strontium
STRONTIAN, noun. (mineral) A mineral containing strontium.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats