how to pronounce strontium

/ˈstɹɑːntiːəm/

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strontium is pronounced in three syllables

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stɹɑːntəm

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An example use of strontium in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… we all have some strontium-90 in our …”

meanings of strontium

noun:

  1. A single atom of this element.
  2. The metallic chemical element (symbol Sr) with an atomic number of 38. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.

strontium frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word strontium occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics strontium can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that strontium can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

words with pronunciation similar to strontium

stratumtritium

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