Meaning Of The Word Barium

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barium
uncountable noun: Barium is a soft, silvery-white metal.

barium in American English
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
noun: a whitish, malleable, active, divalent, metallic element, occurring in combination chiefly as barite or as witherite; at. wt.: 137.34; at. no.: 56; sp. gr.: 3.5 at 20°C

barium in British English
noun: 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

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