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adj
Of or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by a barometer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of or pertaining to barium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adjective
of or relating to or containing barium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From bar + -ic. Derived from the Ancient Greek word "pressure": barikos (βαρικός), from βάρος (báros, “weight, pressure”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
From barium (“root "bar-" by removing suffix -ium”) + -ic.
Across languages
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