リチウム

Japanese
Chemical element
Li
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リチウム (richiumu): the element lithium.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin lithium by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1837 in his book 舎密開宗 (Seimi Kaisō, “Introduction to Chemistry”).[1] Later influenced by German Lithium,[2][3] English lithium.[4][5][6]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) リチ​ウム [rìchíꜜùmù] (Nakadaka – [2])[3][6]
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲit͡ɕiɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

リチウム • (richiumu) 

  1. lithium

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • リチウム電(でん)池(ち) (richiumu denchi): lithium battery
  • リチウム爆(ばく)弾(だん) (richiumu bakudan): lithium bomb
  • リチウムイオン電(でん)池(ち) (richiumu-ion denchi), リチウムイオンバッテリー (richiumu-ion batterī): lithium-ion battery
  • リチウムポリマー電(でん)池(ち) (richiumu porimā denchi), リチウムポリマーバッテリ (richiumu porimā batteri): lithium polymer battery

References
  1. Shizuo Fujiwara and Yūko Okamoto, 舎密開宗における現代化学用語 (Seimi Kaisō ni okeru Gendai Kagaku Yōgo)
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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