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.

Origin of baryta

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

OTHER WORDS FROM baryta

ba·ryt·ic [buh-rit-ik] /bəˈrɪt ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby baryta

baryon, baryon number, baryonic, baryshnikov, barysphere, baryta, baryta water, barytes, barytocalcite, baryton, barytone

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British Dictionary definitions for baryta

baryta
/ (bəˈraɪtə) /

noun

another name for barium oxide, barium hydroxide

Derived forms of baryta

barytic (bəˈrɪtɪk), adjective

Word Origin for baryta

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