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    BARYTES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of bariumplay

    Synonyms:

    barite; barium sulphate; barytes; heavy spar

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("barytes" is a kind of...):

    mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

    Meronyms (substance of "barytes"):

    atomic number 56; Ba; barium (a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite)

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