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alkaline earths

 
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(¦al·kə′līn ′ərth)

(inorganic chemistry) An oxide of an element of group 2 in the periodic table, such as barium, calcium, and strontium. Also known as alkaline-earth oxide.

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alkaline earths (ăl'kəlīn, -lĭn), oxides of the alkaline-earth metals, especially of calcium, strontium, and barium. They are not readily soluble in water and form solutions less basic than those of alkalies.

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n.

The oxides of calcium, strontium, radium, and barium, and sometimes magnesium.

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Meaning #1: any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)
  Synonym: alkaline-earth metal

 
 

 

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