stannum

[ stan-uhm ]

noun

1. tin.

stannum

/ ˈstænəm /

noun

1. an obsolete name for tin

Word History and Origins

Origin of stannum¹

1775–85; < Late Latin: tin, Latin stannum, stagnum alloy of silver and lead

Word History and Origins

Origin of stannum¹

C18: from Late Latin: tin, from Latin: alloy of silver and lead, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare Welsh ystaen tin

Example Sentences

The scientists, led by Dr. Zhang, named the new material stanene, combining the Latin name for tin — stannum — with the suffix used for graphene, another material based on a sheet of carbon atoms a single molecule thick.

From New York Times

I gave her a homœopathic dose of phosphoric acid and stannum; and, to the surprise of all around her, the night sweats did not break out at their usual hour,—three o’clock in the morning.

From Project Gutenberg

And yet if silver be parted from the electrum, then gold remains and not electrum; if silver be taken away from Stannum, then lead remains and not Stannum.

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The Roman term was plumbum candidum, and as a result of Agricola's insistence on using it and stannum in what he conceived was their original sense, he managed to give considerable confusion to mineralogic literature for a century or two.

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When copper vessels are coated with stannum they produce a less disagreeable flavour, and it prevents verdigris.

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