a soft, heavy, orthorhombic mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO, that is the chief ore of barium, used in making paint, drilling mud, etc.
Origin of barite
from Classical Greek barys, weighty (see grave) + -itebarite
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barite
also ba·ry·tes
noun
A yellow, white, or colorless crystalline mineral of barium sulfate, BaSO4, that is used in paint and as the chief source of barium chemicals. Also called heavy spar .
Origin of barite
Greek barus heavy ; see gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots. -ite 1THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural barites)
Origin
From Ancient Greek βἀρος (baros, “weight”), βαρύτης (barytes, “weight”).
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Sentence Examples
- Its most striking feature and the one from which it derives its name barytes, barite (from the Greek Oapis, heavy) or heavy spar, is its weight.