barium
/ˈbɛəɹɪəm/ · noun
Meaning
- The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
- A single atom of this element.
- Barium sulphate suspension.
Etymology / origin
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from baryta + -ium.
- *gʷreh₂-(ine-pro)→
- barium (English)
- Relations: root
Related words
Descendant words
- bariom(Cornish) (bor)
- barium(Dutch) (bor)
- barium(Finnish) (bor)
- bárium(Hungarian) (bor)
- 바륨(Korean) (bor)
- barium(Malay) (der)
- barium(Norwegian Bokmål) (der)
- barium(Norwegian Nynorsk) (der)
- bariwm(Welsh) (bor)
- ibheriyam(Xhosa) (bor)
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