lithium

From New Latin lithium, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -ium.

• enPR: lĭth'ēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪθi.əm/

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lithium (countable and uncountable, plural lithiums)

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. (pharmacology, uncountable) Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
4. A lithium battery.

Sample of lithium floating in oil.

• Lithium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

From Latin lithium.

• IPA^(key): [ˈliːtɪjum]
• Hyphenation: li‧thium

lithium n

1. lithium

lithium

1. Alternative spelling of litium
   • 2015, Peter C. Gøtzsche, Dødelig psykiatri og organiseret fornægtelse, Art People, →ISBN:

     Lithium er meget giftigt, og dets serumkoncentration skal overvåges.

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   • 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 16:

     Batteriet i pacemakeren indeholder i de fleste tilfælde grundstoffet lithium.

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   • 1862, Tidsskrift for physik og chemi samt disse videnskabers anvendelse, page 6

     Idet nu Kalium , Lithium og Barium efterhaanden forflygtigedes, forsvandt deres Farvelinier i den angivne Rækkefølge , ...

Ultimately from Swedish litium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.tiˌʏm/

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• Hyphenation: li‧thi‧um

lithium n (uncountable)

1. lithium [from mid-19th c.]

• lithiumcarbonaat
• lithiumtherapie

• IPA^(key): /li.tjɔm/

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lithium m (uncountable)

1. lithium

• tétrahydruroaluminate de lithium

• “lithium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

lithium (uncountable)

1. lithium

From Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -ium.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tʰi.um/, [ˈlʲɪt̪ʰiʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ti.um/, [ˈliːt̪ium]

lithium n (genitive lithiī); second declension

1. (New Latin, chemistry) lithium

Second-declension noun (neuter).