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alkalescences

alkalescences is the plural of alkalescence.

Meaning of alkalescence

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

Questions about alkalescences

What is alkalescences the plural of?
Alkalescences is the plural of alkalescence.

Words near alkalescences in the dictionary

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

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