Defn: 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.
LITHO
Lith"o
Defn: A combining form from Gr. stone.
LITHOBILIC
Lith`o*bil"ic, a. Etym: [Litho + bile.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, as bezoar stones.
LITHOCARP
Lith"o*carp, n. Etym: [Litho- + Gr. lithocarpe.] (Paleon.)
Defn: Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.
LITHOCHROMATICS
Lith`o*chro*mat"ics, n.
Defn: See Lithochromics.