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Meaning of Lithium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈlɪθi.əm

Definitions

  1. 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.
    uncountable
  2. An inactive village in Perry County, Missouri.
  3. A single atom of this element.
    countable
  4. Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used as a mood stabiliser to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
    uncountable
  5. A lithium battery.
    countable

Equivalents

Afrikaans litium
العربية الليثيوم ليثيوم
Български литий
Bosanski liti litij litijum литијум
Català liti
Čeština lithium
Cymraeg lithiwm
Dansk lithium
Deutsch Lithium
Ελληνικά λίθιο
Esperanto litio
Español litio
Eesti liitium
فارسی لیتیم
Suomi litium
Français lithium
Gaeilge litiam
Galego litio
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi likiuma
עברית ליתיום
हिन्दी लघ्वातु
Hrvatski liti litij litijum литијум
Magyar lítium
Հայերեն լիթիում
Íslenska litín liþín
Italiano litio
日本語 リチウム 鋰
ქართული ლითიუმი
Қазақша литий
ខ្មែរ លីច្យូម
한국어 鋰 리튬
Latina lithium
Lëtzebuergesch Lithium
Lingála litu
Lietuvių litis
Latviešu litijs
Македонски литиум
മലയാളം ലിഥിയം
Bahasa Melayu litium
Malti litju
မြန်မာဘာသာ လီသီယမ်
Nederlands lithium
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਲਿਥੀਅਮ
Polski lit
Português lítio
Română litiu
Русский литий
Slovenčina lítium
Slovenščina litij
Српски liti litij litijum литијум
Svenska litium
Kiswahili lithi
ไทย ลิเทียม
Tagalog lityo
Türkçe lityum
ئۇيغۇرچە لىتىي
Українська літієвий літій
Oʻzbekcha litiy
Tiếng Việt liti

Examples

“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.”
“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;[…]).”
“Lithium has been used as a mood stabiliser for 50 years but its action mechanism is still unclear.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

lithium acetate lithium aluminium hydride lithium aluminohydride lithium aluminum hydride lithium amide lithium battery

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