lithium

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see also: Lithium

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Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭth'ēəm, IPA: /ˈlɪθi.əm/

Noun

lithium

1. (uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3. It is a soft, silvery metal.
   • 2019, George Monbiot, Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out ↗ in the Guardian.

     Already, beautiful places are being wrecked by an electric vehicle resource rush. Lithium mining, for example, is now poisoning rivers and depleting groundwater from Tibet to Bolivia.

2. (countable) A single atom of this element.
3. (pharmaceutical drug, uncountable) Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
4. A lithium battery.

Related terms

• lithate, lithiate
• lithia
• lithian
• lithiated
• lithic
• lithiophilite
• lithiophorite
• lith-
• litho-
• -lite
• -lith

Translations

• French: lithium
• German: Lithium
• Italian: litio
• Portuguese: lítio
• Russian: ли́тий
• Spanish: litio

Translations

• Spanish: litio

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Lithium

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Proper noun

1. A village in Missouri.

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