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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lithia¹

First recorded in 1810–20; lithi(um) + -a ⁴

Word History and Origins

Origin of lithia¹

C19: New Latin, ultimately from Greek lithos stone

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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