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Lithic vs Lithia - What's the difference?

lithic | lithia |

As nouns the difference between lithic and lithia

is that lithic is a stone tool or projectile while lithia is lithium oxide, Li2O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass.

As an adjective lithic

is of or pertaining to stone.

lithic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to stone.
    • lithic architecture
  • (chemistry) Of or relating to lithium.
  • (medicine) Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body.
    • lithic diathesis

    Derived terms

    * lithic acid

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anthropology) A stone tool or projectile
  • A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder.

    • Anagrams

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    lithia

    English

    (Lithium Oxide)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Lithium oxide, Li2O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass.
  • * 1839 , Lithium'', entry in ''The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , Volume 14, page 43,
    • These substances contain from about five to nearly ten per cent. of lithia in combination with silica, from which it is best separated by the following process of Berzelius:.
  • * 1990 , A. Paul, Chemistry of Glasses , page 42,
    • This can be an acute problem with certain glass-ceramics because of the use of large quantities of lithia , in particular, which readily attack the refractories.
  • * 1996 , Peter A. Ciullo, Industrial Minerals and Their Uses: A Handbook and Formulary , page 462,
    • The major source of lithia' is lepidolite, the most widespread of the ' lithia -containing minerals with deposits in the United States, Canada, Rhodesia, South Africa, India, China, Russia, Japan and Germany.