alkaline earth

alkaline earth
alkaline earth n
1) an oxide of an alkaline earth metal
2) ALKALINE EARTH METAL

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any oxide of the alkaline earth metals.

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  • alkaline earth — noun see alkaline earth metal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • alkaline earth — /ælkəlaɪn ˈɜθ/ (say alkuhluyn erth) noun the oxide of an alkaline earth metal …  

  • alkaline earth — noun any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) • Syn: ↑alkaline earth metal • Hypernyms: ↑metallic element, ↑metal …   Useful english dictionary

  • alkaline-earth metal — [al′kə lin΄ʉrth′, al′kə līn΄ʉrth′] n. any of the six highly reactive chemical elements in group IIA of the periodic table including, in order of increasing reactivity, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium: an oxide of any… …   English World dictionary

  • Alkaline earth metals — Alkaline earth metals. См. Щелочноземельные металлы. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • alkaline earth metal — n any of the bivalent strongly basic metals of group II of the periodic table comprising beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium …   Medical dictionary

  • alkaline earth metals — plural noun The bivalent metals of the second group of the periodic system, calcium, strontium, barium, and sometimes magnesium and radium • • • Main Entry: ↑alkali …   Useful english dictionary

  • Alkaline earth metal — Group 2 Period  2 4 Be 3 …   Wikipedia

  • alkaline-earth metal — /al keuh luyn errth , lin /, Chem. any of the group of bivalent metals including barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, usually, magnesium, the hydroxides of which are alkalis but less soluble than those of the alkali metals. [1900 05] * * * ▪… …   Universalium

  • alkaline-earth metal — noun any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) • Syn: ↑alkaline earth • Hypernyms: ↑metallic element, ↑metal * * * noun : any of the metals of group II of the periodic… …   Useful english dictionary

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