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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -lithic adj combining form - (in anthropology) relating to the use of stone implements in a specified cultural period: Neolithic
Etymology: from Greek lithikos, from lithos stone lith•ic (lith′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - pertaining to or consisting of stone.
- Rocks[Petrol.]pertaining to clastic rocks, either sedimentary or volcanic, containing a large proportion of debris from previously formed rocks:a lithic sandstone; lithic tuff.
- Pathologypertaining to stony concretions, or calculi, formed within the body, esp. in the bladder.
- Chemistryof, pertaining to, or containing lithium.
n. - Archaeologya stone artifact.
- Greek lithikós of stone. See lith-, -ic
- 1790–1800
- a combining form used in the names of cultural phases in archaeology characterized by the use of a particular type of tool:Chalcolithic; Neolithic.
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