different between ceramic vs lithia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (keramikós, “potter's”), from ??????? (kéramos, “potter's clay”), perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s???æm?k/
• Rhymes: -æm?k

Adjective

ceramic (not comparable)

1. Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

Derived terms

• preceramic
• vitroceramic

Translations

Noun

ceramic (countable and uncountable, plural ceramics)

1. (uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high tempature.

2. (countable) An object made of this material

Translations

See also

• kaolin, kaoline

Related terms

• ceramics

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

Anagrams

• racemic

Romanian

Etymology

From French céramique

Adjective

ceramic m or n (feminine singular ceramic?, masculine plural ceramici, feminine and neuter plural ceramice)

1. ceramic

Declension

English

Etymology

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

Noun

lithia (usually uncountable, plural lithias)

1. Lithium oxide, Li₂O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass.
   • 1839, Lithium, entry in The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 14, page 43,

     These substances contain from about five to nearly ten per cent. of lithia in combination with silica, from which it is best separated by the following process of Berzelius: […] .

   • 1990, A. Paul, Chemistry of Glasses, page 42,

     This can be an acute problem with certain glass-ceramics because of the use of large quantities of lithia, in particular, which readily attack the refractories.

   • 1996, Peter A. Ciullo, Industrial Minerals and Their Uses: A Handbook and Formulary, page 462,

     The major source of lithia is lepidolite, the most widespread of the lithia-containing minerals with deposits in the United States, Canada, Rhodesia, South Africa, India, China, Russia, Japan and Germany.

Translations

Latin

Noun

lithia

1. nominative plural of lithium
2. accusative plural of lithium
3. vocative plural of lithium