Thesaurus: lithium

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1. n. 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.
2. n. a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
3. 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.
4. A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in severalminerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., andotherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities.
5. n:100 n. a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals