lithium en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From New Latin lithium, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -ium.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal.
The importance of lithium-ion batteries makes lithium a potentially strategic natural resource.
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.
2019, George Monbiot, “Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out”, in Guardian.:
- (countable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal. ▸ A single atom of this element.
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(uncountable) Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used as a mood stabiliser to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
It seems like his moods are better since he started taking lithium.
There's more: Part of the reason I am so meek is that I stopped taking my lithium a few weeks before. It's not that I have a death wish, and it's not that I'm like Axl Rose and think that lithium makes me less manly (he supposedly stopped taking it after his first wife told him that his dick wasn't as hard as it used to be and that sex with him was lousy;[…]).
1994, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 4:Lithium has been used as a mood stabiliser for 50 years but its action mechanism is still unclear.
2008, Barbara Kozier, Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 191:
- (countable) A lithium battery.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lithiums | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lithium soap · lithium niobate · lithium fluoride · phenyllithium · lithium borohydride · monolithium · lithium aluminum hydride · lithium oxybutyrate · lithium nitride · yttrium lithium fluoride · lithium sulphate · lithium chloride · lithium metaborate · lithium economy · lithium-6 · lithiumlike · lithium iodide · trilithium · organolithium · lithiation · Lithium Triangle · lithium naphthalide · lithium hydroxide · lithium peroxide · lithium hexafluorophosphate · organo-lithium · ethyllithium · lithium sulfate · lithium ion battery · lithium deuteride · lithium-ion battery · lithium tantalate · lithium carbonate · nonlithium · lithium-7 · antilithium · metalithium · lithium perchlorate · dilithium · lithium nitrate · lithium diisopropylamide · lithium-drifted silicon detector · lithium triborate · lithium oxide · tetralithium · lithium bromide · lithio- · lithium orotate · lithium aluminohydride · vinyllithium · lithium naphthalene · lithium hydride · lithium amide · lithium sulphide · methyllithium · lithium sulfide · lithium titanate oxide battery · butyllithium · lithium stearate · lithium acetate · lithium aluminium hydride · lithium citrate · radiolithium · lithium battery · dilithio-
Relateds
lithate · -lite · lithian · lithiated · lith- · -lith · lithiate · lithiophorite · litho- · lithic · lithiophilite · lithia
Translations (125)
ng olitiuma class 9 (chemical element) · ms litium (chemical element) · mt litju (chemical element) · sv litium (chemical element) · fy litium (chemical element) · sh litij (treatment for mental disorders) · is litín (chemical element) · da lithium (chemical element) · ar لِيثِيُوم (chemical element) · gd litiam (chemical element) · oc liti (chemical element) · kk литий (chemical element) · fo litium (chemical element) · ja リチウム (chemical element) · bg ли́тий (chemical element) · hi लघ्वातु (chemical element) · lzh-lit 鋰 (chemical element) · csb lët (chemical element) · vo litin (chemical element) · de Lithium (chemical element) · el λίθιο (chemical element) · yue 鋰 /锂 (chemical element) · ta மென்னியம் (chemical element) · he לִיתְיוּם (chemical element) · sh литијум (chemical element) · eu litioa (chemical element) · nds lithium (chemical element) · bg ли́тий (treatment for mental disorders) · an litio (chemical element) · pa ਲਿਥੀਅਮ (chemical element) · sq litiumi (chemical element) · kw lythyum (chemical element) · cdo 鋰 /锂 (chemical element) · bn লিথিযাম (chemical element) · vi liti (chemical element) · fi litium (chemical element) · lt litis (chemical element) · tr lityum (chemical element) · ug لىتىي (chemical element) · be лі́тый (chemical element) · uz litiy (chemical element) · es litio (treatment for mental disorders) · ca liti (chemical element) · pt lítio (chemical element) · sa लिथियम (chemical element) · uz литий (chemical element) · yi ליטיום (chemical element) · ml ലിഥിയം (chemical element) · ka ლითიუმი (chemical element) · sh litij (chemical element) · sl litij (chemical element) · ur لتھیئم (chemical element) · is liþín (chemical element) · hi लघ्वातु (treatment for mental disorders) · uk лі́тій (chemical element) · mi konukōhatu (chemical element) · eo litio (chemical element) · is litíum (chemical element) · sw lithi (chemical element) · gv litçhey (chemical element) · hak 鋰 /锂 (chemical element) · io litio (chemical element) · haw likiuma (chemical element) · es litio (chemical element) · lb Lithium (chemical element) · kmr lîtyûm (chemical element) · ky литий (chemical element) · sh литиј (treatment for mental disorders) · mn лити (chemical element) · jv litium (chemical element) · kn ಲಥಯಮ (chemical element) · cmn 鋰 /锂 (chemical element) · lv litijs (chemical element) · am ሊቲየም (chemical element) · km លីច្យូម (chemical element) · sk lítium (chemical element) · br litiom (chemical element) · az litium (chemical element) · ga litiam (chemical element) · pl lit (chemical element) · et liitium (chemical element) · scn lìtiu (chemical element) · la lithium (chemical element) · gmw-cfr Lithium (chemical element) · cs lithium (chemical element) · qu lityu (chemical element) · co litiu (chemical element) · su litium (chemical element) · ro litiu (chemical element) · it litio (chemical element) · tl lityo (chemical element) · no litium (chemical element) · mn лити (treatment for mental disorders) · tk litiý (chemical element) · gl litio (chemical element) · pl węglan litu (treatment for mental disorders) · tg литий (chemical element) · sh литиј (chemical element) · hu lítium (chemical element) · sh litijum (chemical element) · vi lithi (chemical element) · sq litium (chemical element) · th ลิเทียม (chemical element) · ast litiu (chemical element) · cy lithiwm (chemical element) · nn litium (chemical element) · km លីចូម (chemical element) · cv лити (chemical element) · ln litu (chemical element) · ht lityòm (chemical element) · fur liti (chemical element) · id litium (chemical element) · hy լիթիում (chemical element) · my လီသီယမ် (chemical element) · mk литиум (chemical element) · af litium (chemical element) · nan-hbl 鋰 /锂 (chemical element) · nl lithium (chemical element) · ko 리튬 (chemical element) · fr lithium (chemical element) · si ලිතියම් (chemical element) · ia lithium (chemical element) · bo རྡོ་རྫས (chemical element) · ru ли́тий (chemical element) · fa لیتیم (chemical element)