OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5042

lithium

/ˈlɪθi.əm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
litio
The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal.
Already, beautiful places are being wrecked by an electric vehicle resource rush. Lithium mining, for example, is now poisoning rivers and depleting groundwater from Tibet to Boliv…
The importance of lithium-ion batteries makes lithium a potentially strategic natural resource.
litio
A lithium battery.
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