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alkalescency

alkalescency is the alternative form 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 alkalescency

What is alkalescency the alternative form of?
Alkalescency is the alternative form of alkalescence.

Words near alkalescency in the dictionary

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

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