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lithium

See also: Lithium

English

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Chemical element
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Sample of lithium floating in oil.
 
Lithium carbonate (sense 3)

Etymology

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From New Latin lithium, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪθi.əm/, enPR: lĭth'ēəm
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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lithium (countable and uncountable, plural lithiums)

  2. (uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3. It is a soft, silvery metal.
  3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
  5. (pharmacology, uncountable) Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used as a mood stabiliser to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
    • 1994, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 4:
      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; […] ).
    • 2008, Barbara Kozier, Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 191:
      Lithium has been used as a mood stabiliser for 50 years but its action mechanism is still unclear.
  6. A lithium battery.

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Czech

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Chemical element
Li
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Etymology

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Derived from Latin lithium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈliːtɪjum]
  • Hyphenation: li‧thium

Noun

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lithium n

  1. lithium

Declension

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Declension of lithium (semisoft neuter foreign)
singular plural
nominative lithium lithia
genitive lithia lithií
dative lithiu lithiím
accusative lithium lithia
vocative lithium lithia
locative lithiu lithiích
instrumental lithiem lithii

Danish

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Noun

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lithium

  1. Alternative spelling of litium
    • 2015, Peter C. Gøtzsche, Dødelig psykiatri og organiseret fornægtelse, Art People, →ISBN:
      Lithium er meget giftigt, og dets serumkoncentration skal overvåges.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 16:
      Batteriet i pacemakeren indeholder i de fleste tilfælde grundstoffet lithium.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1862, Tidsskrift for physik og chemi samt disse videnskabers anvendelse, page 6:
      Idet nu Kalium , Lithium og Barium efterhaanden forflygtigedes, forsvandt deres Farvelinier i den angivne Rækkefølge , ...
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Dutch

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Chemical element
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Etymology

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Ultimately from Swedish litium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈli.tiˌʏm/
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  • Hyphenation: li‧thi‧um

Noun

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lithium n (uncountable)

  1. lithium [from mid-19th c.]

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lithium m (uncountable)

  1. lithium

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lithium (uncountable)

  1. lithium

Latin

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Chemical element
Li
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -ium.

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Noun

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lithium n (genitive lithiī); second declension

  1. (New Latin, chemistry) lithium

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lithium lithia
Genitive lithiī lithiōrum
Dative lithiō lithiīs
Accusative lithium lithia
Ablative lithiō lithiīs
Vocative lithium lithia
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