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hyperalkaline

hyperalkaline adjective: more than usually alkaline.

Adjective

hyperalkaline (not comparable)

  1. More than usually alkaline
    • More recently, it has been shown that an alkaliphilic inoculum from a 100 year old, hyperalkaline, lime kiln waste site [27 ] where ISA is generated in-situ [28 ] was capable of ISA degradation under a range of conditions [28, 29 ] above pH 9.0.2015 September 15, “Anoxic Biodegradation of Isosaccharinic Acids at Alkaline pH by Natural Microbial Communities”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hyperalkaline

From hyper- + alkaline.

Questions about hyperalkaline

What does hyperalkaline mean?
Hyperalkaline means more than usually alkaline.
What part of speech is hyperalkaline?
Hyperalkaline is an adjective.

Words near hyperalkaline in the dictionary

  1. hyperalgia
  2. hyperaligned
  3. hyperalignment
  4. hyperalimentation
  5. hyperalimentations
  6. hyperalkaline
  7. hyperalkalinity
  8. hyperalkalinization
  9. hyperallergenic
  10. hyperallergenicity
  11. hyperallergic

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