lithia
[lith-ee-uh, lith-yuh]
- Chemistry. lithium oxide.
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Origin of lithia
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Born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia, Goggins moved to California at age nineteen to pursue acting.
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February 11, 2014
Historical Examples
Soda or lithia water may be taken either with or without milk.
Papers on HealthJohn Kirk
"It's not so flat as the fall to Lithia water, though," retorted the General.
The Romance of a Plain ManEllen Glasgow
For the lumbago, give him at least two quarts of lithia water to drink each day.
Born AgainAlfred Lawson
The salts of lithia are absorbed by charcoal when fused upon it.
This claim is no better supported by facts than the former claim that it was a lithia water.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4)W. Grant Hague
lithia
- another name for lithium oxide
- lithium present in mineral waters as lithium salts
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Word Origin
C19: New Latin, ultimately from Greek lithos stone
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