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- [bair-ee-uh m, bar-]
- /ˈbɛər i əm, ˈbær-/
- /ˈbeə.ri.əm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bair-ee-uh m, bar-]
- /ˈbɛər i əm, ˈbær-/
Definitions of barium word
- uncountable noun barium Barium is a soft, silvery-white metal. 3
- noun barium a soft silvery-white metallic element of the alkaline earth group. It is used in bearing alloys and compounds used as pigments. Symbol: Ba; atomic no: 56; atomic wt: 137.327; valency: 2; relative density: 3.5; melting pt: 729°C; boiling pt: 1805°C 3
- noun barium a silver-white, slightly malleable, metallic chemical element, one of the alkaline-earth metals, found as a carbonate or sulfate and used in alloys: symbol, Ba; at. no., 56 3
- noun barium a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite. Symbol: Ba; atomic weight: 137.34; atomic number: 56; specific gravity: 3.5 at 20°C. 1
- noun barium The chemical element of atomic number 56, a soft white reactive metal of the alkaline earth group. 1
- noun barium chemical element 1
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Origin of barium
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10; bar(ytes) + -ium
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Parts of speech for Barium
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barium popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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