HyperDic: alkaline-earth_metal

English > 1 sense of the expression alkaline-earth metal:
NOUNsubstancealkaline-earth metal, alkaline earthany of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)
English > alkaline-earth metal: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningAny of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium).
Synonymalkaline earth
Broadermetallic element, metalAny of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Spanishalcalinotérreo
Catalanalcalinoterri

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