Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Lithium oxide, Li₂O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass.

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “a stone”), apparently because it is found only

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “a stone”), apparently because it is found only in minerals; discovered 1817 by Johan August Arfwedson.

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Forms

plural: lithias
Singularlithia

uncountable

Word family

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