lithium
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- noun
- /ˈlɪθiəm/
- Specialized
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litio
- The doctor prescribed lithium to help regulate her mood swings.
- lithium-ion battery
- lithium cell
- lithium chloride
It has its own giant lithium ion battery, my back.
- It has its own giant lithium ion battery, my back.
- That's why you can't carry lithium ion batteries.
- Right now, lithium ion is the battery of choice.
- It's also building a lithium refining plant in Texas.
- These days, lithium ion battery packs are plentiful.
- Now supposedly they're extracting lithium out of Afghanistan.
- China also produces and refines over half of the world's lithium, cobalt, and graphite.
- Look, it's the modern day blood diamond, lithium and cobalt, call it what it is.
- It still works perfectly fine except whoops, the built in lithium battery is toast.
- And imagine then there's no lithium, there's no cobalt, and it's carbon.
- Wouldn't it be to actually have maybe lithium driven public transportation?
Examples
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It's worth noting as well that lithium prices are plummeting.
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Lithium, four times a day.
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What, what for, what do you take lithium for?
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How much lithium you taking?
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Uh, are you currently on lithium?
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Right now, lithium ion is the battery of choice.
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I think some people, maybe not everyone has heard of the lithium ion battery.
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It's also building a lithium refining plant in Texas.
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NICE supports the use of lithium as a first-line mood stabilizer.
Academic text (2012) -
The light elements, lithium and beryllium, provide clues to a number of astronomical problems.
Academic text (1993)
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.8
A white powder used to make glass and ceramics and as medicine for bipolar disorder and some depression
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lithium comes from the Greek root lithos, which means 'stone', because scientists first found it in rocks and minerals. So the name helps you remember that this very light metal comes from 'stones' and is often taken from minerals used in batteries and medicine.