HyperDic: alkaline_earth

English > 1 sense of the expression alkaline earth:
NOUNsubstancealkaline earth, alkaline-earth metalany of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)
English > alkaline earth: 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 metal
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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