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lithium |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lithium \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lithium n : a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group the lightest metal known occurs in several minerals [syn: {Li}, {atomic number 3}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Lithium, MO (village, FIPS 43346) Location: 37.83221 N, 89.88378 W Population (1990): 7 (4 housing units) Area: 0.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) From Elements database 20001107 [elements]: lithium Symbol: Li Atomic number: 3 Atomic weight: 6.939 Socket silvery metal. First member of group 1 of the periodic table. Lithium salts are used in psychomedicine
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