baric

¹ American  

[bar-ik] / ˈbær ɪk /

adjective

Chemistry.

1. of or containing barium.

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baric ² American  

[bar-ik] / ˈbær ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to weight, especially that of the atmosphere.

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baric ¹ British  

/ ˈbærɪk, ˈbɛərɪk /

adjective

1. of or containing barium

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baric ² British  

/ ˈbærɪk /

adjective

1. of or concerned with weight, esp that of the atmosphere as indicated by barometric pressure

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Etymology

Origin of baric¹

First recorded in 1860–65; bar(ium) + -ic

Origin of baric²

First recorded in 1880–85; bar(o)- + -ic

Example Sentences

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baric

The shafts were willow, straight and with die baric peeled, and he fire-hardened the points and split a couple of them to make forked points, as he had done with die spear.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

In such solutions sulphuric acid produces a white precipitate of baric sulphate, which is practically insoluble in all acids.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

The solution contains the barium as baric chloride mixed, perhaps, with salts of strontium or lime.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

There is then added a few drops of a dilute solution of baric chloride, and the solution is allowed to stand for some hours.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

The leg was ninety feet long, steel-booted, framed of great timbers, heavy enough to have wrecked the barge like a birch baric canoe if it had got away.

From Calumet "K" by Merwin, Samuel