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UK
/bˈeəɹiəm/
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[ US /ˈbɛɹiəm/ ]
[ US /ˈbɛɹiəm/ ]
NOUN
- a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
How To Use barium In A Sentence
- This gas is absorbed by barium hydroxide solution, an alkaline solution known as baryta water.
- A herbarium is a collection of dried, generally mounted, plant specimens used for a number of purposes, including documenting the taxonomy of a species or like a library that contains a collection of books for reading or useful materials for common use. YubaNet.com
- Demonstrations of guided missiles, of a patient taking what looks like a Barium swallow in front of a fluoroscope, and the father taking home movies of his child with a video camera and playing them back on his TV all give us pause to remember that whatever good or not-so-good aspects of our present-day lives, we stand on the shoulders of people who were true visionaries more than 50 years ago. Archive 2009-06-01
- Oesophageal radionuclide transit was evaluated in 15 patients and a barium meal was performed in five cases to confirm endoscopical findings.
- The barium shows up white on the x ray, allowing a clear view of the colon and will show how much of the colon is affected.
- The most common ores of barium are barite and witherite.
- The barium is thick and white and coats everything as you swallow it, and somehow this makes everything show up on the x-ray. Rescue Me
- The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be found in the Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V
- As a result of the decision, Smith, who died in February, will be inurned with Air Force military honors on June 14 at the Arlington National Cemetery Columbarium.
- Bains analysed the concentration of the element barium - a powerful tool for measuring ocean productivity - in sediments deposited across the boundary.