lithic

English

Etymology

lith- +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪθɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪθɪk

Adjective

lithic (not comparable)

1. Relating to stone

   lithic architecture

2. (geology) Relating to rock
3. (inorganic chemistry) Relating to lithium
4. (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

Translations

stone

• Czech: kamenný (cs)
• French: lithique (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: litico (it)
• Spanish: lítico (es)

lithium

• Catalan: lític
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: litioso

Noun

lithic (plural lithics)

1. (anthropology) A stone tool or projectile
2. A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder.
3. (geology) A lithic fragment: a piece of another rock eroded down to sand size.
   • 1983, Richard Squires and ‎Mark Filewicz, Cenozoic Geology of the Simi Valley Area, Southern California:

     Silty fine sandstone: poorly sorted; 50% quartz, 30% fossils, 10% lithics, 10% feldspar

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