Relating to or containing barium; similar to or characterized by baryte.
From baryte + '-ine' suffix (variant of '-ic'). An alternative adjective form, less common than 'barytic,' used in older chemical and mineralogical literature.
The switch from older terms like 'barytine' to newer ones like 'barytic' shows how scientific language evolves—'barytic' became standard because it parallels more common chemistry terms like 'granitic' or 'calcitic'!
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