Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lithia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables: lithia
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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: […] ."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λίθος

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

lithias (plural)

Phrases

lithia emerald lithia water

Questions

What does lithia mean?: Lithium oxide, Li₂O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass.
Where does lithia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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