'Lithium' definitions:
Definition of 'lithium'
(from WordNet)
noun
A soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals [syn: lithium, Li, atomic number 3]
Definition of 'Lithium'
From: GCIDE
- Lithium \Lith"i*um\ (l[i^]th"[i^]*[u^]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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lithium'
From: Elements
- 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.
Lithium, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lithium, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
Population (2000) :
0
Housing Units (2000) :
1
Land area (2000) :
0.001924 sq. miles (0.004984 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.001924 sq. miles (0.004984 sq. km)
FIPS code :
43346
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
37.832223 N, 89.883862 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.