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baryte

baryte is the alternative form of barite.

Meaning of barite

Noun

barite (countable and uncountable, plural barites)

  1. A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO₄.

Forms of baryte

pluralbarytes

Origin of baryte

From French barote, 1782 coinage from Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barútēs, “heaviness”), from βαρύς (barús) + -της (-tēs).

Words formed from baryte

Questions about baryte

What is baryte the alternative form of?
Baryte is the alternative form of barite.

Words near baryte in the dictionary

  1. barysphere
  2. baryspheres
  3. baryt
  4. baryta
  5. barytas
  6. baryte
  7. barytes
  8. barythymia
  9. barytic
  10. baryto-
  11. barytocalcite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baryte (page history and authors); barite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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