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BARYTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baryta mean? 

BARYTA (noun)
  The noun BARYTA has 1 sense:

1. any of several compounds of bariumplay

  Familiarity information: BARYTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BARYTA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several compounds of barium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("baryta" is a kind of...):

atomic number 56; Ba; barium (a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "baryta"):

barium hydroxide (white poisonous crystals; made by dissolving barium oxide in water)

barium monoxide; barium oxide; barium protoxide (an oxide of barium; a whitish toxic powder)

barium dioxide; barium peroxide (a white toxic powder obtained by heating barium oxide in air)

Derivation:

barytic (of or relating to or containing baryta)


 Context examples 


It was the bisulphate of baryta.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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