1.
[syn: light, lite, low-cal, calorie-free]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
-lite \-lite\ (-l[imac]t) suff.
See -lith.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lite \Lite\ (l[imac]t), a., adv., & n.
Little. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] Liter
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
-lith \-lith\ (-l[i^]th), -lite \-lite\ (-l[imac]t). suff.
Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in
naming minerals and rocks.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lite
adj 1: having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or
lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal
diet" [syn: light, lite, low-cal, calorie-free]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
lite
(Misspelling of "light", when used to mean
"lightweight") A suffix denoting a scaled-down or crippled
product, often designed to be distributed without charge,
e.g. on a magazine coverdisk. An example is pklite.
(1995-10-06)