baryta

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bəˈɹaɪ.tə/(US)

Definition of baryta

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any of several compounds of barium, especially barium sulphate and barium hydroxide.
    “Four of the earths, namely, lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possess alkaline properties to a considerable extent, and are hence called alkaline earths.”

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Etymology

From New Latin baryta, from 18c. Latinization of French barote, 1782 coinage from Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barútēs, “heaviness”), from βαρύς (barús) + -της (-tēs).

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