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alkalescence

alkalescence noun: a tendency to become alkaline.

Noun

alkalescence (usually uncountable, plural alkalescences)

  1. (usually) A tendency to become alkaline.
  2. (usually) The state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominate.
    • Rectified wood vinegar has been successfully employed by Klaatsch, Teufel, and Schubarth, in the gelatinous softening of the stomach with a disposition to alkalescence1838, Alexander Ure, A Practical Compendium of the Materia Medica

Forms of alkalescence

pluralalkalescences
alternative formalkalescency

Questions about alkalescence

What does alkalescence mean?
Alkalescence means a tendency to become alkaline.
What part of speech is alkalescence?
Alkalescence is a noun.
What is the plural of alkalescence?
The plural of alkalescence is alkalescences.

Words near alkalescence in the dictionary

  1. alkalaemic
  2. alkalamide
  3. alkalamides
  4. alkalemia
  5. alkalemic
  6. alkalescence
  7. alkalescences
  8. alkalescency
  9. alkalescent
  10. alkali
  11. alkali basalt

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