Lithic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɪθɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lithic is an adjective meaning Relating to stone.
Meaning
Relating to stone.
More Meanings
- (geology) Relating to rock.
- (inorganic chemistry) Relating to lithium.
- (medicine) Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body.
- (archaeology, often capitalised) pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.
- (anthropology) A stone tool or projectile.
- A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder.
- (geology) A lithic fragment: a piece of another rock eroded down to sand size.
Example Sentences
lithic diathesis
lithic architecture
Silty fine sandstone: poorly sorted; 50% quartz, 30% fossils, 10% lithics, 10% feldspar
Word Forms
- lithics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arenite, debitage, scatters, lithiasic, lithomantic, oolithic.
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