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💎 A sci-fi mineral 🧪 A chemical compound
dilithium

dilithium

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A molecule made of two lithium atoms
  • noun
  • /daɪˈlɪθiəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : dilitio
  • I've converted the dilithium sequencer into something a little less primitive, and, Admiral, I have replaced the Klingon food packs.

Here you stopped at the at the dilithium salt.

Examples

  • I want to ask, I want to ask is dilithium stable?

  • ls there no way of recrystallising the dilithium?

    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

  • These photons could then be injected into the dilithium chamber, causing crystalline restructure, theoretically.

    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

  • Scientists discovered significant deposits of dilithium in the remote mountains.

  • The new compound contains two atoms of dilithium bonded together.

  • Engineers are experimenting with dilithium to improve battery technology.

Surface Forms

dilithium singular
dilithiums plural

Morphology

dilithium = lithium (transparent) = di + lithium

The scientific prefix 'di-' (two) combines directly with 'lithium' to indicate two lithium atoms; the meaning is clear to learners familiar with basic scientific prefixes.

Etymology

Dilithium combines the prefix di- 'two' and lithium, a metal whose name comes from a Greek word for 'stone'. So it literally means 'two lithium' and refers to a molecule made of two lithium atoms.