Alkaline

Definition: Alkaline

Alkaline

Adjective

1. (chemistry) relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone".

Date "alkaline" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Etymology: Alkaline \Al"ka*line\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression alcalin.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Alkaline

Domain	Definitions
Electrical Engineering	A particularly efficient battery type, which is also free of mercury and cadmium. Source: European Union. (references)
Environment	The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of alkali substance to raise the pH above 7.0. (references)
Health	Having the reactions of an alkali. (references)
Hydrologic	Sometimes water or soils contain an amount of alkali (strongly basic) substances sufficient to raise the pH value above 7.0 and be harmful to the growth of crops. (references)
Mining	Adj. of alkali. See:alkalic. (references)
Science	Substance capable of neutralizing acid, with a pH greater than 7.0. See pH. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Alkaline

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ALKALINE	German	Alkali-Mangan-Batterien	Electrical Engineering
AlkP	English	Alkaline phosphatase	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Alkaline

Synonym: alkalic (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: acidic (adj), amphoteric (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Alkaline

English words defined with "alkaline": alcalescent, Alkalescency, alkalescent, Alkali albumin, alkaline earth, Alkaline earths, alkaline metal, Alkaline metals, Alkaline reaction, Alkaline salt, alkaline-loving, alkalinise, alkalinize, alkalinuria, Alkalious, Alkalizate, Alkalization, alkaluria, Antalkaline, Apollinaris water, atomic number 55, Atriplex lentiformis ♦ black alkali, black greasewood, Bucking, built-soap powder ♦ caesium, caustic soda, cesium, Cream of tartar bread, Cs ♦ Diethylamine ♦ Fraxin ♦ Grease wood, greasewood, Guanidine ♦ Heavy metals, Hepar, Hepar antimonii ♦ inclination ♦ Labarraque's liquor, Light metals, Lithia, litmus, litmus test, Lixivial, Lixiviate, Lixivited, Lixivium ♦ metabolic alkalosis, Methyl amine ♦ Nitroprussic, Nuclein ♦ Pancreatic juice, Pearlash, Peziza domicilina, Phthalein, Protamin, Puer ♦ quail brush, quail bush, Quillaia bark ♦ saltbush, saponification, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, soap powder, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, soft soap, Sulphur base ♦ tendency, thiocyanate, Trimethylamine, tungstic acid, Turmeric paper ♦ Uranin, Urea ferment, Uroxanic ♦ Washing fluid, washing powder, White of egg, white thistle. (references)

Specialty definitions using "alkaline": 24,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D 3 ♦ Acid-free, Alkaline Phosphatase ♦ black liquor ♦ calcareous soil, caustic embrittlement, Caustics, Comet Assay ♦ E400 ♦ lime soil, limy soil, Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency, Familial, Lyster process ♦ Metals, Alkaline Earth, Mills-Crowe process ♦ Natronobacterium, Natronococcus ♦ OVVD, Oxides ♦ Packed Bed Scrubber, Plate Tower Scrubber, pockets-type plate, protective alkali ♦ scoured wool, sea sand, solonetz soil, Spray Tower Scrubber, storage battery of iron-nickel type, sulfidization ♦ Thermus thermophilus, Thymolphthalein ♦ Uranium Mill-Tailings Waste Piles. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Alkaline

Domain	Title
Books	Alkaline Earth Metabolism in Adult Man (reference) Alkaline Storage Batteries (reference) Alkaline ultrabasic rocks in British Columbia : carbonatites, nepheline syenites, kimberlites, ultramafic lamprophyres, and related rocks (reference) Chemical Recovery in the Alkaline Pulping Processes (reference) Gardening Success With Difficult Soils: Limestone, Alkaline Clay, and Caliche (reference) (more book examples)

Music	The Alkaline Trio (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Kodak Photolife Aa(Kaa-Pn24)Bulk-Pack 24 Individual Alkaline Batteries (reference) Duracell 12-Pack AA Alkaline With 4 Free Ultra Batteries (MN15B12U4T) (reference) Duracell 8-Pack C Cell Alkaline Batteries (MN1400V8) (reference) Maxell 48-Pack AA Alkaline Batteries (LR648BP) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Energizer AAA Alkaline Industrial Batteries, Box Of 24 (reference) Energizer Max AAAA Alkaline Batteries, Pack Of 2 (reference) Energizer(R) C Alkaline Industrial Batteries, Box Of 12in. (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Alkaline

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Photo Album: Alkaline

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Detail of wool scouring machine. Metal forks pull the wool through the hot alkaline bath. Wool scouring plant, San Marcos, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Alkaline

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Hypocapnia makes the blood more basic or alkaline which is also injurious to the cells. (references)
		To treat type 4 RTA successfully, patients may require alkaline agents to correct acidosis as well as medication to lower the potassium in their blood. (references)
		Healthy kidneys help maintain acid-base balance by excreting acids into the urine and returning bicarbonate (an alkaline, or base, substance) to the blood. (references)
Business		Waste oils from automotive, industrial and other sources contain additives that may include rust inhibitors, detergents or alkaline compounds that constitute 5% to 25% of their formulation. (references)
		The groups are oil waste, solvent waste, paint and varnish waste, glue waste, acid and alkaline waste, waste containing cadmium, waste containing mercury, waste containing heavy metals, waste containing cyanide, waste containing PCBs, pesticide waste and laboratory waste. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Alkaline

"Alkaline" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Alkaline" is used about 335 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	335	15,680

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Alkaline

Expressions using "alkaline": alkaline battery ♦ alkaline compound ♦ alkaline earth ♦ Alkaline earths ♦ alkaline metal ♦ Alkaline metals ♦ Alkaline Phosphatase ♦ Alkaline reaction ♦ Alkaline salt ♦ alkaline solution ♦ nickel alkaline accumulator. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "alkaline": alkaline-earth metal, alkaline-loving, alkaline-manganese, alkaline-phospatase, alkaline-phosphatase, alkaline-phosphatase-conjugated, alkaline-preferring.
	Ending with "alkaline": anti-alkaline, calc-alkaline.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alkaline

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
alkaline trio	2,047	acid alkaline	24
alkaline trio lyrics	558	alkaline enough had lyrics trio ve we	23
alkaline phosphatase	183	alkaline battery charger	22
alkaline food	165	alkaline trio pic	21
alkaline	154	alkaline elevated phosphatase	20
alkaline battery	147	alkaline trio shirt	20
alkaline trio tab	136	alkaline soil	20
alkaline diet	107	alkaline good mourning trio	19
alkaline trio picture	66	alkaline trio merchandise	19
alkaline water	60	alkaline earth metal	15
alkaline trio guitar tab	50	alkaline phosphatse	15
adderall alkaline phosphatase	50	alkaline trio wallpaper	14
alkaline good lyrics mourning trio	41	alkaline trio video	14
alkaline phosphate	34	alkaline trio discography	14
acid food and alkaline	34	alkaline enough had trio ve we	14
alkaline trio bass tab	30	alkaline trio poster	13
alkaline trio mp3	30	alkaline could love lyrics this trio	13
alkaline trio buddy icon	26	alkaline trio ringtone	13
acid alkaline balance	25	alkaline battery rechargeable	12
alkaline lyrics radio trio	25	alkaline trio ticket	12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Alkaline

Language		Translations for "alkaline"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		alkali (alkali), bazik. (various references)

Arabic		‏قلوي, ‏أساسي (absolute, basal, base, capital, cardinal, close, constitutional, formal, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, innate, inward, leading, main, major, material, momentous, nub, organic, overriding, paramount, piece de resistance, primal, primary, principal, radical, right, staple, substantial, ultimate, underling). (various references)

Bulgarian		основен (abecedarian, alkali, basal, basic, bottom, capital, essential, fundamental, general, grade, gut, key, key note, main, organic, pivotal, polar, primal, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, rudimental, rudimentary, substantial, thorough, thoroughgoing, tonic, ultimate, underlying), алкален (basic). (various references)

Chinese		碱性. (various references)

Czech		alkalický, zásaditý. (various references)

Danish		alkalisk (basoid). (various references)

Dutch		alkalisch (alkaline-manganese batteries, basoid), basisch (basic, basoid). (various references)

Esperanto		alkaleca, alkala. (various references)

Farsi		دارای خاصیت قلیاءی . (various references)

Finnish		emäksinen (basic, basoid), alkalinen (basoid). (various references)

French		alcalin. (various references)

German		alkalisch (basoid). (various references)

Greek		αλκαλικός (basoid). (various references)

Hebrew		אלקלי (alkali). (various references)

Hungarian		lúgos (basic). (various references)

Italian		alcalino (basoid). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		アルカリ性 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		アルカリせい. (various references)

Korean		알칼리성 (Alkalinity). (various references)

Manx		alkalaihagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		alkalineay

Portuguese		alcalino (alkali, basoid). (various references)

Romanian		alcalin (alkalinous), leşietic (gloomy, grey). (various references)

Russian		щелочной (alkali). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		od alkalija. (various references)

Spanish		alcalino (basoid). (various references)

Swedish		alkalisk (basoid). (various references)

Turkish		alkalik (alcali, alkali), bazik (sub-). (various references)

Ukranian		лужний. (various references)

Welsh		alcali%aidd. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Alkaline

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	munu. (various references)
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Misspellings: Alkaline

Misspellings
	"Alkaline" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: akaline, Albacini, alcaline, alkalaine, Alpallana, Nalkylene, Ralahine. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Alkaline"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "alkaline" (pronounced a"lkulī'n)
4	-u l ī' n	crystalline.
3	-l ī' n	airline, anticline, baseline, bloodline, borderline, byline, coastline, Dateline, deadline, dragline, feline, frontline, guideline, hairline, hardline, headline, hemline, hotline, lifeline, mainline, midline, multiline, online, outline, pipeline, shoreline, sideline, skyline, strandline, streamline, Timberline, underline, waistline.
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Anagrams: Alkaline

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-k-l-l-n"
	-1 letter: alkalin.
	-2 letters: alkali, alkane, alkine, kalian, lienal, lineal.
	-3 letters: akela, alane, alien, alike, aline, anile, ankle, elain, ileal, inkle, knell, lanai, liana, liane, liken.
	-4 letters: akin, alae, alan, anal, anil, elan, ilea, ilka, kail, kain, kale, kana, kane, kill, kiln, kina, kine, lain, lake, lane, lank, leak, leal, lean, lien, like, line, link, nail.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-k-l-l-n"
	+2 letters: alkalinize, animallike.
	+3 letters: alkalinized, alkalinizes.
	+4 letters: alkalinities.
	+5 letters: backpedalling, kinematically.
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