alkaline : Idioms & Phrases

• noun any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)
  alkaline earth.
  

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• noun any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)
  alkaline earth.
  

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• certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies.

Webster 1913

• noun any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium)
  alkali metal; alkaline metal.
  
  • the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline

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• noun any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium)
  alkali metal; alkaline metal.
  
  • the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline

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• potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium.

Webster 1913

• a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.

Webster 1913

• noun any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)
  alkaline earth.
  

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• adjective thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7)
  

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