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lithic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɪθɪk/

Etymology

From lith- + -ic.

Meanings

1. Relating to stone.
   • lithic architecture
2. Relating to rock.
3. Relating to lithium.
4. Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body.
   • lithic diathesis
5. (capitalized, often) pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.

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Deriveds

polylithic · abyssolithic · lithic mulch · lithic acid · lithate · antilithic · heliolithic · paralithic · cystolithic · siderolithic · endolithic

Synonyms

Paleo-Indian

Translations (10)

de Steingeräte (stone) · ca lític (lithium) · es lítico (stone) · uk лі́тієвий (lithium) · cs kamenný (stone) · it litico (stone) · it litioso (lithium) · pl litowy (lithium) · fr lithique (stone) · de Steingerät (stone)

lithic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɪθɪk/

Etymology

From lith- + -ic.

Meanings

1. A stone tool or projectile.
2. A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder.
3. A lithic fragment: a piece of another rock eroded down to sand size.
   • Silty fine sandstone: poorly sorted; 50% quartz, 30% fossils, 10% lithics, 10% feldspar 1983, Richard Squires, Mark Filewicz, Cenozoic Geology of the Simi Valley Area, Southern California:

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