different between lithium vs liberite

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

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

? + -ite

Noun

liberite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing beryllium, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Liberite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database

Anagrams

• libertie