lithium

«lithium» in Mova's school dictionary: a very light, soft, silvery metal; it is a chemical… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (lithium, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Lithium is a very light, soft, silvery metal; it is a chemical element with the symbol Li. tree →

2) Lithium is used in rechargeable batteries for phones, laptops and electric cars. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, lithium is the lightest metal and comes third in the periodic table; it reacts with water. In everyday safety, lithium-ion batteries can get very hot or catch fire if damaged, so they should not be punctured or left charging on a bed. Phrases: "lithium battery", "lithium-ion".

examples

• My tablet has a lithium-ion battery. tree →
• Lithium is the lightest of all metals. tree →
• Its chemical symbol is Li. tree →
• Lithium is so light it can float on oil. tree →
• Never poke or crush a lithium battery. tree →
• Electric cars need a lot of lithium. tree →
• Lithium fizzes when it touches water. tree →

note

Uncountable: "some lithium". Symbol Li (capital L, small i). Pronounced LITH-ee-um. A damaged battery that swells or smells should be taken away from people and things that burn.

In the corpora

• Your phone holds dozens of metals, among them lithium, cobalt, copper and rare earth elements.
• Phones and electric cars need dozens of metals, including lithium, cobalt, copper and rare earth elements.
• An electric car's battery pack is thousands of small lithium cells joined together, with cooling to keep them at the right temperature.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lithium» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.