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lithia

[ lith-ee-uh, lith-yuh ]

noun

  1. Chemistry. lithium oxide.


lithia

/ ˈlɪθɪə /

noun

  1. another name for lithium oxide
  2. lithium present in mineral waters as lithium salts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lithia1

First recorded in 1810–20; lithi(um) + -a 4
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lithia1

C19: New Latin, ultimately from Greek lithos stone
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Example Sentences

Born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia, Goggins moved to California at age nineteen to pursue acting.

Thus it is simply another of the hundreds of lithia preparations on the market offered for the cure of rheumatism.

Katalysine Spring in the vicinity was once a well-known summer resort; its waters contain lithia in solution.

The hot lithia spring is 124 degrees; the great sulphur spring 107 degrees.

Thallium is a rare metal, found in small quantities in some varieties of iron and copper pyrites, and in some lithia micas.

Of these cæsia and rubidia are rare, and lithia comparatively so.

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