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Lithium

Lithium Meaning & Definition
Lithium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lithium?

[n] a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lithium: atomic number 3 | Li

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lithium:

See Also | amblygonite | lepidolite | metal | metallic element | spodumene | zinnwaldite

Lithium In Webster's Dictionary

\Lith"i*um\ (l[i^]th"[i^]*[u^]m), n. [NL., from Gr. li`qeios of stone, fr. li`qos stone.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities. Note: When isolated it is a soft, silver white metal, tarnishing and oxidizing very rapidly in the air. It is the lightest solid element known, specific gravity being 0.59. Symbol Li. Atomic weight 7.0 So called from having been discovered in a mineral.

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