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from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing alkalis: specifically applied to certain metals which form alkalis with oxygen. The true kaligenous metals are potassium and sodium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals.
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- adjective chemistry Forming
alkalis withoxygen , as somemetals do.
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Related to alkali.
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