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barium

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. barium (noun)
  2. Bari (geographical name)
  3. barium carbonate (noun)
  4. barium chromate (noun)
  5. barium hydroxide (noun)
  6. barium nitrate (noun)
  7. barium oxide (noun)
  8. barium peroxide (noun)
  9. barium sulfate (noun)
  10. barium sulfide (noun)
  11. barium yellow (noun)

bar·i·um

noun \ˈber-ē-əm\

Definition of BARIUM

1
: a silver-white malleable toxic divalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group that occurs only in combination — see element table
2
: barium sulfate
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Origin of BARIUM

New Latin, from bar-
First Known Use: 1808

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