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lite
1[ lahyt ]
adjective
- noting a commercial product that is low in calories or low in any substance considered undesirable, as compared with a product of the same type: used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
lite beer.
- noting a version that is comparatively less extreme, profound, advanced, etc., than the typical version (often used postpositively): The lite version of the app is available for mobile download.
The film glossed over the dangers of the experiment with a science-lite explanation.
The lite version of the app is available for mobile download.
noun
-lite
2- a combining form used in the names of minerals or fossils:
aerolite; chrysolite.
-lite
1combining form
- (in names of minerals) stone Compare -lith
chrysolite
lite
2/ ±ô²¹Éª³Ù /
adjective
- (of food and drink) containing few calories or little alcohol or fat
- denoting a more restrained or less extreme version of a person or thing
reggae lite
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ô¾±³Ù±ðn±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lite1
First recorded in 1965–70; an informal, simplified spelling of light 2( def )
Origin of lite2
< French, simplified form of -lithe < Greek ±ôóٳó´Ç²õ stone; similarly German -lit, earlier -lith
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lite1
from French -lite or -lithe, from Greek lithos stone
Origin of lite2
C20: variant spelling of light ²
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