BARIUM


Meaning of BARIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈber-ē-əm ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from bar-

Date: 1808

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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