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There are multiple definitions for "acid" and "base" (alkali) in chemistry. One of the more general is the Lewis definition, which defines an acid as an electron acceptor and a base as an electron donor. (Alternatively, there's the Bronsted-Lowry definition, which says that an acid is a proton donor and a base is a proton acceptor.)

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