li
IPA: ɫˈi
noun
- The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
- The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
- A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
- (Chinese philosophy) A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
- An ancient Chinese cauldron having three hollow legs.
- (music) In solfège, the raised sixth note of a major scale (the note A-sharp in the fixed-do system).
- A surname from Chinese
- A county of Longnan, Gansu, China
- A river in Guangxi, China
- A surname from Korean, a variant of Lee and Rhee
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Examples of "li" in Sentences
- Cade traced the effect to the lithium ion itself.
- The lithium ion compared with the nickel metal hydride.
- The lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded.
- He was aware of some of the limitations of lithium treatment.
- Lithium bromide is used in air conditioning systems as desiccant.
- One of the side effects of the lithium tablets was fluid retention.
- The combination of lithium bromide and water is also in common use.
- Also compounding this problem is the location of the lithium deposits.
- The most common version is reductive amination with lithium in a bottle.
- By charging the cell, the lithium dealloys and travels back into the cathode.
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