lithium
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.
Example
“The importance of lithium-ion batteries makes lithium a potentially strategic natural resource.”
Other meanings
A single atom of this element.
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.”
A kind of
- metallic element
Related words
- antilithium
- dilithio-
- lithiation
- lithio-
- Lithium Triangle
- lithiumlike
- metalithium
- monolithium
- nonlithium
- radiolithium
- tetralithium
- butyllithium
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "λίθος" (stone).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lithium” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.