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/ˈlɪθi.əm/ · noun
(uncountable) 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..
The importance of lithium-ion batteries makes lithium a potentially strategic natural resource.
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 Bolivia.
It seems like his moods are better since he started taking lithium.
There's more: Part of the reason I am so meek is that I stopped taking my lithium a few weeks before. It's not that I have a death wish, and it's not that I'm like Axl Rose and think that lithium makes me less manly (he supposedly stopped taking it after his first wife told him that his dick wasn't as hard as it used to be and that sex with him was lousy;[…]).
Lithium has been used as a mood stabiliser for 50 years but its action mechanism is still unclear.
Use lithium when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lithium means (uncountable) 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..
Common synonyms include atomic number 3, li.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The importance of lithium-ion batteries makes lithium a potentially strategic natural resource.
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