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baryta
[ buh-rahy-tuh ]
/ bəˈraɪ tə /
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noun Chemistry.
Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
Also called caustic baryta, barium hydroxide, barium hydrate. the hydroxide, hydrated form of this compound, Ba(OH)2⋅8H2O, used chiefly in the industrial preparation of beet sugar and for refining animal and vegetable oils.
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ba·ryt·ic [buh-rit-ik], /bəˈrɪt ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby baryta
baryon, baryonic, baryon number, Baryshnikov, barysphere, baryta, baryta water, barytes, barytocalcite, baryton, barytone
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barytic (bəˈrɪtɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for baryta
C19: New Latin, from Greek barutēs weight, from barus heavy
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