lithium

CEFRB2

/ˈlɪθi.əm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A soft, light metal used in batteries and some medicines.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A single atom of this element.

Examples

  • Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium and francium are alkali metals.

  • The lithium coin memory back-up battery inside this product contains Perchlorate.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used as a mood stabiliser to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.

  2. 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.

  3. A lithium battery.

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In context

  • It seems like his moods are better since he started taking lithium.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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