baryta

[ buh-rahy-tuh ]

/ bəˈraɪ tə /

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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Origin of baryta

1800–10; < New Latin, equivalent to bary- (< Greek barýs heavy) + -ta (< Greek -(i)tēs -ite¹)

Related formsba·ryt·ic

[buh-rit-ik] /bəˈrɪt ɪk/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for baryta

Nitrate of baryta will show the presence of sulphuric acid, and nitrate of silver of hydrochloric acid.
Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology|W. G. Aitchison Robertson
The baryta water is best kept in the bottle represented below.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
This is what distinguishes lime from baryta and strontia, and is a good method of separating the former from the latter.
A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe|Anonymous
It now produces the same reactions upon polished silver as the sulphate of baryta under the same conditions.
A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe|Anonymous

Barii ferrocyanidum, L. From pure ferrocyanide of iron digested in baryta water.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for baryta

baryta

/ (bəˈraɪtə) /

noun

another name for barium oxide, barium hydroxide

Derived Formsbarytic (bəˈrɪtɪk), adjective

Word Origin for baryta

C19: New Latin, from Greek barutēs weight, from barus heavy

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