different between lithium vs beryllium

English

Etymology

From New Latin lithium, from lithia (in reference to Ancient Greek ????? (líthos, “stone”)) + -ium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?th'??m, IPA^(key): /?l??i.?m/

Noun

lithium (countable and uncountable, plural lithiums)

2. (uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3. It is a soft, silvery metal.
   • 2019, George Monbiot, Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out in the Guardian.

     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.

3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
4. (pharmacology, uncountable) Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
5. A lithium battery.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• Lithium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Czech

Etymology

From Latin lithium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?li?t?jum]
• Hyphenation: li?thium

Noun

lithium n

1. lithium

Declension

Danish

Noun

lithium

1. Alternative spelling of litium
   • 2015, Peter C. Gøtzsche, Dødelig psykiatri og organiseret fornægtelse, Art People ?ISBN

     Lithium er meget giftigt, og dets serumkoncentration skal overvåges.

   • 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse ?ISBN, page 16

     Batteriet i pacemakeren indeholder i de fleste tilfælde grundstoffet lithium.

   • 1862, Tidsskrift for physik og chemi samt disse videnskabers anvendelse, page 6

     Idet nu Kalium , Lithium og Barium efterhaanden forflygtigedes, forsvandt deres Farvelinier i den angivne Rækkefølge , ...

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Swedish litium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li.ti??m/
• Hyphenation: li?thi?um

Noun

lithium n (uncountable)

1. lithium [from mid-19th c.]

Derived terms

• lithiumcarbonaat
• lithiumtherapie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.tj?m/

Noun

lithium m (uncountable)

1. lithium

Derived terms

• tétrahydruroaluminate de lithium

Further reading

• “lithium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

lithium (uncountable)

1. lithium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (líthos, “stone”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li.t?i.um/, [?l?t??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.ti.um/, [?li?t?ium]

Noun

lithium n (genitive lithi?); second declension

1. (New Latin, chemistry) lithium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

English

Etymology

beryl +? -ium

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?r?l'??m, IPA^(key): /b????li.?m/
• Hyphenation: be?ryl?li?um

Noun

beryllium (countable and uncountable, plural berylliums)

2. The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
3. (countable) An atom of this element.

Synonyms

• glucinium or glucinum (archaic)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

References

• Beryllium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table

Further reading

• beryllium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Noun

beryllium n

1. Alternative form of berylium

Further reading

• beryllium in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Danish

Noun

beryllium n (singular definite berylliummet, not used in plural form)

1. beryllium

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Beryllium. Equivalent to beryl +? -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be??ri.li.?m/
• Hyphenation: be?ryl?li?um

Noun

beryllium n (uncountable)

1. beryllium [from 19h c.]

Finnish

Noun

beryllium

1. beryllium

Declension

Latin

Etymology

Derived from b?ryll(us) (“beryl”) +? -ium (“chemical element suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /be??ryl.li.um/, [be????l??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be?ril.li.um/, [b???il?ium]

Noun

b?ryllium n (genitive b?rylli?); second declension

1. beryllium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian beryllium.

Noun

beryllium

1. beryllium

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From beryll +? -ium

Noun

beryllium n (definite singular berylliumet, uncountable)

1. beryllium, chemical element, symbol Be

References

• “beryllium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “beryllium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From beryll +? -ium

Noun

beryllium n (definite singular berylliumet, uncountable)

1. beryllium, chemical element, symbol Be

References

• “beryllium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??r?l??m/

Noun

beryllium n (uncountable)

1. beryllium

Declension