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alkaline

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Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective alkaline has 1 sense

alkaline(a = adj.all) alkalic - relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone"

Antonyms: acidic, amphoteric

Derived form noun alkalinity₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

alkaline, a. [Cf. F. alcalin.].

Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. [1913 Webster]

Alkaline earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. -- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium. -- Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

alkaline, adj. of, relating to, or having the nature of an alkali; rich in alkali.

Idiom

alkaline earth
1 any of the bivalent group of metals, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium.
2 an oxide of the lime group.

Derivative

alkalinity n.

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