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alkaline
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases. 2 (context chemistry English) Having a pH greater than 7. n. An alkaline battery.
WordNet
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adj. relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone" [syn: alkalic ] [ant: amphoteric , acidic ]
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Earlan Bartley (born 19 December 1993) better known as Alkaline , is a Jamaican dancehall recording artist. Some of his popular songs include "ATM", "Champion Boy", "Ride On Me", and "Conquer the World". Earlan Bartley started his dancehall career in his ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, "pertaining to alkalis," from alkali + -ine (1). Of soils, attested from 1850.
Usage examples of alkaline.
If the lead is present as sulphate in sodic acetate solution, it is well to render it distinctly alkaline with ammonia.
To separate these, ammonia is added till the solution is alkaline, and then acetic acid in slight excess.
These juices, together with those of the pear, the peach, the plum, and other such fruits, if taken without adding cane sugar, diminish acidity in the stomach rather than provoke it: they become converted chemically into alkaline carbonates, which correct sour fermentation.
The transformation of starch into sugar, which is almost, if not entirely, suspended while the food remains in the stomach, owing to the acidity of the chyme, is resumed in the duodenum, the acid of the chyme, being neutralized by the alkaline secretions there encountered.
Raw Onions contain an acrid volatile oil, sulphur, phosphorus, alkaline earthy salts, phosphoric and acetic acids, with phosphate and citrate of lime, starch, free uncrystallized sugar, and lignine.
Made by dissolving 12 grams of tartaric acid and 4 grams of stannous chloride in water, and adding potash solution till it is alkaline.
The solution containing the nickel and cobalt with no great excess of acid, is made alkaline by adding 20 c.
During the height of the fever, tincture of aconite maybe given and an alkaline sponge-bath administered with advantage.
This thorough alterative course, if well persevered in, together with the use of alkaline and vapor-baths, will generally prove very successful.
Dipped ordinary paper in an aqueous solution of sulphate of copper and carbonate of ammonia and then added alkaline solutions of cochineal or equivalent coloring matter.
The filtrate, cooled and rendered alkaline with soda, is ready for the titration.
Administering a warm, alkaline hand-bath to a fever patient every day, is an excellent febrifuge remedy, being careful not to chill or induce fatigue.
He also saw abnormal results for several other tests, including the lactate dehydrogenase test, the B-12 level, and the leukocyte alkaline phosphatase test.
It is a white powder, and should show no alkaline reaction with moistened litmus-paper.
The work of effacing this ink was accomplished by moistening the parchment with a weak alkaline solution and by rubbing it with pumice stone.