lithium

What does lithium mean?

lithium means "a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals".

How many syllables are in lithium?

lithium has 3 syllables: lit-hi-um. The stress falls on "lit". In IPA it is /ˈlɪθiəm/.

What is another word for lithium?

Close synonyms include Li, atomic number 3. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lithium a common word?

lithium is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lithium come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.