lithic
IPA: ɫˈɪθɪk
noun
- (anthropology) A stone tool or projectile
- A medicine that prevents stone in the bladder.
- (geology) A lithic fragment: a piece of another rock eroded down to sand size.
adjective
- Relating to stone
- (geology) Relating to rock
- (inorganic chemistry) Relating to lithium
- (medicine) Relating to the formation of uric acid concretions (stones) in the bladder and other parts of the body
- (archaeology, often capitalised) pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE
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Examples of "lithic" in Sentences
- Geography and lithic occupation.
- Lithic is a term for rough, rugged, craggy etc.
- There is no another lithic evidence on the period.
- For more information on this subject, see lithic reduction.
- The lithic assemblages relate to the Early Acheulian culture.
- Cores may be subdivided into specific types by a lithic analyst.
- Most of the tools are scrapers, cleavers, and various lithic cores.
- The measurement and interpretation of cortex and lithic assemblages.
- Some lithic attribution of tools illustrated in the article are wrong.
- It is often used to infer the Hoabinhian character of a lithic assemblage.
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