lithium

noun

lith·i·um ˈli-thē-əm How to pronounce lithium (audio)

: a chemical element of the alkali metal group that is the lightest metal known and that is used especially in alloys and glass, in mechanical lubricants, and in storage batteries see Chemical Elements Table

: a salt of lithium (such as lithium carbonate) used in psychiatric medicine

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The ticket agent said the lithium-ion batteries went against the airline’s policies, which are intended to prevent overheating and fires.

Tim Craig, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022 The state’s largest battery, a 1,600-MW-hour facility housed at a natural gas plant in Moss Landing, spent nearly a year largely offline due to issues managing the temperatures of the vast stacks of lithium-ion batteries.

WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022 Chief Executive Elon Musk said earlier this year that constraints in the refining of materials in lithium-ion batteries had raised costs.

Dean Seal, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Xtrac supplies the transmission, Williams Advanced Engineering provides the lithium-ion traction battery, and Bosch is responsible for the electric motor/generator unit, all three of which are tightly packaged together.

Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2022 Graphite One hopes to create a U.S. supply chain for the anode portion of lithium-ion batteries, a major component of the battery.

Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022 Honda plans to build a new U.S. plant to manufacture lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles in partnership with Korean battery supplier LG Energy Solution, the companies said Monday.

Harold Maass, The Week, 29 Aug. 2022 The law also puts strict preconditions on where an EV is assembled and the sourcing of cobalt, nickel and lithium ion -- key components of an EV's battery that are mined in various parts of the world.

Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2022 Made up of pouch-type lithium-ion cells that each weigh about three pounds and hold just under 0.4 kilowatt-hour of energy, the 288-cell battery delivers a 102.0-kWh usable capacity.

Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin (in German context) Lithium, taken as the metallic component of the alkali Lithion, probably based on Greek litheîon, neuter of litheîos "of stone," derivative of líthos "stone, rock," of obscure origin

Note: The alkali was discovered and analyzed, apparently in late 1817, by the Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841), who at the time was working in the Stockholm laboratory of J.J. berzelius. Berzelius reported on the discovery and named the components in letters written to the editors of learned publications, as J. S. C. Schweiggers' Journal für Chemie und Physik. Schweiggers published the letter, dated January 27, 1818, as "Ein neues mineralisches Alkali und ein Neues Metall" ("a new mineral alkali and a new metal") in vol. 21 of the journal (pp. 44-48). According to Berzelius, "we have named it [the new alkali] Lithion, thereby alluding to its first discovery in the mineral kingdom, as the two others [the alkali metals sodium and potassium] were first discovered in organic substances [literally, "organic nature"]. Its radical will then be named Lithium." ("Wir haben es Lithion genannt, um dadurch auf seine erste Entdeckung im Mineralreich anzuspielen, da die beiden anderen erst in der organischen Natur entdeckt wurden. Sein Radical wird dann Lithium genannt werden.")

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	lithium
释义	lithium noun lith·i·um ˈli-thē-əm 1 : a chemical element of the alkali metal group that is the lightest metal known and that is used especially in alloys and glass, in mechanical lubricants, and in storage batteries see Chemical Elements Table 2 : a salt of lithium (such as lithium carbonate) used in psychiatric medicine Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The ticket agent said the lithium-ion batteries went against the airline’s policies, which are intended to prevent overheating and fires. Tim Craig, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022 The state’s largest battery, a 1,600-MW-hour facility housed at a natural gas plant in Moss Landing, spent nearly a year largely offline due to issues managing the temperatures of the vast stacks of lithium-ion batteries. WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022 Chief Executive Elon Musk said earlier this year that constraints in the refining of materials in lithium-ion batteries had raised costs. Dean Seal, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Xtrac supplies the transmission, Williams Advanced Engineering provides the lithium-ion traction battery, and Bosch is responsible for the electric motor/generator unit, all three of which are tightly packaged together. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2022 Graphite One hopes to create a U.S. supply chain for the anode portion of lithium-ion batteries, a major component of the battery. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022 Honda plans to build a new U.S. plant to manufacture lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles in partnership with Korean battery supplier LG Energy Solution, the companies said Monday. Harold Maass, The Week, 29 Aug. 2022 The law also puts strict preconditions on where an EV is assembled and the sourcing of cobalt, nickel and lithium ion -- key components of an EV's battery that are mined in various parts of the world. Morgan Korn, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2022 Made up of pouch-type lithium-ion cells that each weigh about three pounds and hold just under 0.4 kilowatt-hour of energy, the 288-cell battery delivers a 102.0-kWh usable capacity. Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from New Latin (in German context) Lithium, taken as the metallic component of the alkali Lithion, probably based on Greek litheîon, neuter of litheîos "of stone," derivative of líthos "stone, rock," of obscure origin Note: The alkali was discovered and analyzed, apparently in late 1817, by the Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841), who at the time was working in the Stockholm laboratory of J.J. berzelius. Berzelius reported on the discovery and named the components in letters written to the editors of learned publications, as J. S. C. Schweiggers' Journal für Chemie und Physik. Schweiggers published the letter, dated January 27, 1818, as "Ein neues mineralisches Alkali und ein Neues Metall" ("a new mineral alkali and a new metal") in vol. 21 of the journal (pp. 44-48). According to Berzelius, "we have named it [the new alkali] Lithion, thereby alluding to its first discovery in the mineral kingdom, as the two others [the alkali metals sodium and potassium] were first discovered in organic substances [literally, "organic nature"]. Its radical will then be named Lithium." ("Wir haben es Lithion genannt, um dadurch auf seine erste Entdeckung im Mineralreich anzuspielen, da die beiden anderen erst in der organischen Natur entdeckt wurden. Sein Radical wird dann Lithium genannt werden.") First Known Use 1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing lithium lithium carbonate lithium niobate lithium-ion battery lithium fluoride lithium carbonate lithium niobate lithium-ion battery lithium fluoride Medical Definition lithium noun lith·i·um ˈlith-ē-əm 1 : a soft silver-white element of the alkali metal group that is the lightest metal known and that is used in chemical synthesis and in storage batteries —symbol Li see Chemical Elements Table 2 : a lithium salt and especially lithium carbonate used in psychiatric medicine
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lithium

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Phrases Containing lithium

Medical Definition

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