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lithic
1[ lith-ik ]
adjective
- pertaining to or consisting of stone.
- Petrology. pertaining to clastic rocks, either sedimentary or volcanic, containing a large proportion of debris from previously formed rocks:
a lithic sandstone; lithic tuff.
- Pathology. pertaining to stony concretions, or calculi, formed within the body, especially in the bladder.
- Chemistry. of, relating to, or containing lithium.
noun
- Archaeology. a stone artifact.
-lithic
2- a combining form used in the names of cultural phases in archaeology characterized by the use of stone tools: Chalcolithic; Neolithic.
- a combining form meaning “of or relating to stone,†used to form adjectives: megalithic; monolithic.
-lithic
1combining form
- (in anthropology) relating to the use of stone implements in a specified cultural period
Neolithic
lithic
2/ ˈ±ôɪθɪ°ì /
adjective
- of, relating to, or composed of stone
- containing abundant fragments of previously formed rock
a lithic sandstone
- pathol of or relating to a calculus or calculi, esp one in the urinary bladder
- of or containing lithium
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ô¾±³Ù³ói·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
- ±è°ù±ð·±ô¾±³Ù³ói³¦ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lithic1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lithic1
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Example Sentences
The other fire is covert, because it burns lithic landscapes.
Modern societies are burning lithic landscapes - once-living biomass now fossilized into coal, gas and oil - which is aggravating the burning of living landscapes.
"Society reorganized itself around fossil fuels, adapting to the combustion of lithic landscapes and ignoring the fire latent in living ones," he writes.
Of those five, officials said, one had a “lithic scatter†— remnants of stone tools and other culturally relevant artifacts.
"The trace fossil is associated with megafauna bones, plant material and unifacial lithic tools," the study's abstract adds.
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