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BARYTES

Dictionary entry overview: What does barytes mean?

• BARYTES (noun)
The noun BARYTES has 1 sense:

1. a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium

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

Dictionary entry details

• BARYTES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

barite; barytes; heavy spar; barium sulphate

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

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "barytes"):

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

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