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barium
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English
Etymology
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from baryta + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɛəɹɪəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪəm
Noun
barium (usually uncountable, plural bariums)
- The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
- Synonym: (obsolete) barytum
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
- (medicine) barium sulfate suspension.
Derived terms
- barian
- bariferous
- barite
- barium acetate
- barium aluminate
- barium arsenate
- barium arsenite
- barium azide
- barium bromate-dihydrate
- barium bromate-monohydrate
- barium bromide
- barium carbide
- barium carbonate
- barium chlorate
- barium chloride
- barium chromate
- barium copper disilicate
- barium copper oxide
- barium copper silicate
- barium copper tetrasilicate
- barium cyanide
- barium dioxide
- barium disilicate
- barium fluoride
- barium formate
- barium hexaboride
- barium hexafluorosilicate
- barium hydroxide
- barium iodide
- barium manganate
- barium meal
- barium metaniobate
- barium metaphosphate
- barium metasilicate
- barium metatitanate
- barium molybdate
- barium niobate
- barium nitrate
- barium nitride
- barium nitrite
- barium orthophosphate
- barium orthovandate
- barium oxalate
- barium oxide
- barium perchlorate
- barium permanganate
- barium peroxide
- barium perxenate
- barium platinocyanide
- barium plutonate
- barium potassium chromate
- barium pyrophosphate
- barium pyrovanadate
- barium selenate
- barium selenide
- barium selenite
- barium silicide
- barium sodium niobate
- barium stannate
- barium star
- barium sulfate, barium sulphate
- barium sulfide, barium sulphide
- barium sulfite, barium sulphite
- barium swallow
- barium tellurate-trihydrate
- barium tellurite
- barium thiocyanate
- barium thiosulfate
- barium titanate
- barium tungstate
- barium uranium oxide
- barium zirconate
- bazirite
- dibarium
- hexabarium
- organobarium
- platino-barium cyanide
- radiobarium
- tetrabarium
- tribarium
- yttrium barium copper oxide
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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See also
barium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- gillespite
- heavy spar
- witherite
References
- Barium on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
barium (uncountable)
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βᾰρῠ́ς (bărŭ́s) + -ium.
Noun
barium n (singular definite bariummet, not used in plural form)
Declension
References
- “barium” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
barium n (uncountable)
Derived terms
- bariumsulfaat
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
barium
Declension
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “barium”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
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Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /baˈrium/ [baˈri.ʊm]
- Rhymes: -um
- Syllabification: ba‧ri‧um
Noun
- barium
- The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
- (medicine) barium sulfate suspension.
Derived terms
- barium enema
- barium nitrat
- barium telan
Further reading
- “barium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈba.ri.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbaː.ri.um]
Noun
barium n (genitive bariī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- "barium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “barium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “barium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “barium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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Limburgish
Pronunciation
Noun
barium n
- (uncountable) barium
- A part of barium
Malay
Etymology
From English barium, from Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús).
Pronunciation
Noun
barium
- barium (chemical element)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
barium n (definite singular bariumet, uncountable)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
barium n (definite singular bariumet, uncountable)
References
- “barium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
barium n
Declension
References
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