— barytic /beuh rit"ik/ , adj.
/beuh ruy"teuh/ , n. Chem.
1. Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide . a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
2. Also called caustic baryta, barium hydroxide, barium hydrate . the hydroxide, hydrated form of this compound, Ba(OH) 2 ·8H 2 O, used chiefly in the industrial preparation of beet sugar and for refining animal and vegetable oils.
[ 1800-10; bary- ( barýs heavy) + -ta ( i ) tes -ITE 1 ) ]