- Heavy spar
- Heavy spar Heav"y spar` (Min.) Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals. [1913 Webster]
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heavy spar — n. BARITE … English World dictionary
heavy spar — Barytes Ba*ry tes, n. [Gr. bary s heavy: cf. Gr. bary ths heaviness, F. baryte.] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called {heavy spar} or {barite}. See {Barite}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heavy spar — Permanent Per ma*nent, a. [L. permanens, entis, p. pr. of permanere to stay or remain to the end, to last; per + manere to remain: cf. F. permanent. See {Per }, and {Mansion}.] Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heavy spar — Barite Ba rite, n. (Min.) Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heavy spar — Mineral. barite. [1780 90] * * * … Universalium
heavy-spar — n. Sulphate of baryta (native) … New dictionary of synonyms
heavy spar — /hɛvi ˈspa/ (say hevee spah) noun → barytes …
heavy spar — noun a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium • Syn: ↑barite, ↑barytes, ↑barium sulphate • Hypernyms: ↑mineral • Substance Meronyms: ↑barium, ↑Ba, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Spar (mineralogy) — Spar is a term that is used to refer to a category of crystals that have readily discernible faces. Crystallized, earthy, and some metallic, a spar will easily break into rhomboidal, cubical, or laminated fragments with polished surfaces, but… … Wikipedia
heavy — heaviness, n. /hev ee/, adj., heavier, heaviest, n., pl. heavies, adv. adj. 1. of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load. 2. of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive: a heavy vote; a heavy snowfall. 3. of great… … Universalium
