lithic
[
lith
-ik]
/ˈlɪθ ɪk/
adjective
1.
pertaining to or consisting of stone.
2.
Petrology.
pertaining to clastic rocks, either sedimentary or volcanic, containing a large proportion of debris from previously formed rocks:
a lithic sandstone; lithic tuff.
3.
Pathology.
pertaining to stony concretions, or calculi, formed within the body, especially in the bladder.
4.
Chemistry.
of, pertaining to, or containing lithium.
noun
5.
Archaeology.
a stone artifact.
Origin
1790-1800;
<
Greek
lithikós
of stone. See
lith-
,
-ic
Related forms
lithically,
adverb
prelithic,
adjective
-lithic
1.
a combining form used in the names of cultural phases in archaeology characterized by the use of a particular type of tool:
Chalcolithic; Neolithic.
Origin
see
lithic
Examples from the web for
lithic
In short, only the absence of a high quality
lithic
source seems to have limited the desirability of this setting for settlement.
lithic
tools are further divided into chipped or flaked stone tools and ground stone tools.
Sandstones are typically medium-bedded, drab brown,
lithic
-feldspathic arenites.
Microcrystalline silica and silicified wood are the dominant
lithic
raw material types represented in the two collections.
Here is a
lithic
tuff or a crystal
lithic
tuff that's mafic in composition made of fragments of preexisting rocks.
lithic
reports with
lithic
charts were prepared and submitted on each well.
The geologists' definition of a formation is a body of rock identified on the basis of
lithic
character.
It is composed of yellowish-white pumice fragments and subordinate gray lava
lithic
clasts.
British Dictionary definitions for
lithic
lithic
/
ˈlɪθɪk
/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or composed of stone
2.
containing abundant fragments of previously formed rock:
a lithic sandstone
3.
(
pathol
) of or relating to a calculus or calculi, esp one in the urinary bladder
4.
of or containing lithium
Word Origin
C18: from Greek
lithikos
stony
-lithic
combining form
1.
(in anthropology) relating to the use of stone implements in a specified cultural period:
Neolithic
Word Origin
from Greek
lithikos,
from
lithos
stone
Word Origin and History for
lithic
adj.
1797, from Greek
lithikos
"of or pertaining to stone," from
lithos
"stone" (see
litho-
).