lithic
pronunciation
How to pronounce lithic in British English:
UK ['lɪθɪk]
How to pronounce lithic in American English:
US [ 'lɪθɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or containing lithium
- relating to or composed of stone
Word Origin
- lithic (adj.)
- 1797, from Greek lithikos "of or pertaining to stone," from lithos "stone" (see litho-).
Example
- 1. The cower unit of the eagle is a wellsorted lithic and glauconitic marine sandstone .
- 2. Later , on the basis of local lithic culture , the iron and bronze cultures of central asia all absorbed elements from indo-europeans who migrated from the north shore of the black sea and caspian sea .
- 3. On the basis of the studies of paleoenvironment during the late pleistocene and the early holocene in east asia and north america , it is suggested that microblade remains might have represented a lithic technology which occurred in extremely diversified environments .