Meanings
nounbaryta (countable and uncountable, plural barytas)
plural barytas
- countableuncountableAny 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.
1846, editorial staff, “CHEMISTRY”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 102
Origin
- Ancient Greekβαρύτης“heaviness”
- Frenchbarote
- New Latinbaryta
- Englishbaryta
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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