Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several barium compounds, such as barium sulfate.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Barium oxid, BaO: also called heavy earth, because it is the heaviest of the earths, its specific gravity being 4.7.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of several compounds of barium, especially barium sulphate and barium hydroxide.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of several compounds of barium

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin, from Greek barutēs, weight, from barus, heavy; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots.]

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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barutes, "heaviness"), from βαρύς ("heavy").

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Examples

  • The baryta is a heavy grayish porous substance prepared by carefully igniting the nitrate of barium; and of this each retort having the above dimensions holds about 125 lb.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various

  • Carbonic acid readily betrays its presence through solutions of the alkaline earths such as baryta and chalk, in which its passage produces an insoluble carbonate, and consequently makes the liquid turbid.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various

  • He used a vessel of 34 litres in volume, and washed the air with baryta-water, collecting the carbonate of baryta precipitated.

    Unthreaded #5 « Climate Audit 2007

  • His process consisted in exhausting a large glass balloon of almost 10 lites capacity, in which baryta water was previously placed.

    Unthreaded #5 « Climate Audit 2007

  • By turning the stopcock a fresh quantity of air was allowed to enter the globe: This was permitted to remain in contact with the baryta water for some time, the absorbtion of carbon dioxide being promoted by shaking the ballon.

    Unthreaded #5 « Climate Audit 2007

  • On the bottom is the paper base; in the middle is the white-pigmented baryta layer; and on the top is the gelatin where the image-forming silver is dispersed.

    Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

  • The color of the baryta has the most influence on the highlights of the photograph.

    Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

  • On the bottom is the paper base; in the middle is the white-pigmented baryta layer; and on the top is the gelatin where the image-forming silver is dispersed.

    Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

  • The color of the baryta has the most influence on the highlights of the photograph.

    Too Much of a Good Thing 2003

  • Sir H. Davy tried to electrolyse baryta, but was unsuccessful; later attempts were made by him using barium chloride in the presence of mercury.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

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