Baryta

//bəˈɹaɪ.tə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several compounds of barium, especially barium sulphate and barium hydroxide. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    any of several compounds of barium wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin baryta, from Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barútēs, “heaviness”), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).

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barium hydroxidebarium sulphate

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