lithia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lithium oxide, Li₂O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass.

Word forms

lithia lithias

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “a stone”), apparently because it is found only in minerals; discovered 1817 by Johan August Arfwedson.

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