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

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

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 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

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

It is separated by fusing the ore with potassic nitrate, extracting with water and precipitating with baric chloride.

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