Lithium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lithium	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Lithium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lithium n a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals Synonym(s): lithium, Li, atomic number 3
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lithium \Lith"ium\ (l[icr]th"[icr][ucr]m), n. [NL., from Gr. li`qeios of stone, fr. li`qos stone.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities. Note: When isolated it is a soft, silver white metal, tarnishing and oxidizing very rapidly in the air. It is the lightest solid element known, specific gravity being 0.59. Symbol Li. Atomic weight 7.0 So called from having been discovered in a mineral.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Lithium, MO (village, FIPS 43346) Location: 37.83221 N, 89.88378 W Population (1990): 7 (4 housing units) Area: 0.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
lithium Symbol: Li Atomic number: 3 Atomic weight: 6.939 Socket silvery metal. First member of group 1 of the periodic table. Lithium salts are used in psychomedicine.