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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/#m1)

2) Lithium is used in rechargeable batteries for phones, laptops and electric cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/#x1)
- Lithium is the lightest of all metals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/#x2)
- Its chemical symbol is Li. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/#x3)
- Lithium is so light it can float on oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/#x4)
- Never poke or crush a lithium battery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/#x5)
- Electric cars need a lot of lithium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/#x6)
- Lithium fizzes when it touches water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/4/)
- [Phones and electric cars need dozens of metals, including lithium, cobalt, copper and rare earth elements.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/12/)
- [An electric car's battery pack is thousands of small lithium cells joined together, with cooling to keep them at the right temperature.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lithium» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lithium/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.