Definition of Alkalinity

1. Noun. PH values above 7.

Generic synonyms: Ph, Ph Scale
Antonyms: Acidity
Derivative terms: Alkaline

Definition of Alkalinity

1. n. The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.

Definition of Alkalinity

1. Noun. (chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alkalinity

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Medical Definition of Alkalinity

1. Measure of the power of a solution to neutralise hydrogen ions (H+), usually expressed as the equivalent concentration (mg/L) of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkalinity

alkaline phosphatase
alkaline phosphatases
alkaline protease
alkaline reaction
alkaline reflux gastritis
alkaline tide
alkaline toluidine blue O
alkaline water
alkaline wave
alkalines
alkalinise
alkalinised
alkalinises
alkalinising
alkalinities
alkalinity (current term)
alkalinization
alkalinizations
alkalinize
alkalinized
alkalinizes
alkalinizing
alkalinophile
alkalinophilic
alkalinuria
alkalious
alkaliphile
alkaliphiles
alkaliphilic
alkaliproof

Literary usage of Alkalinity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"ESTIMATION OF THE alkalinity. The most available clinical method of deter- ENGEL'S mining the alkalinity of the blood is by the use ..."

2. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"Physical and Chemical Characteristics Temperature, pH, and alkalinity Spirit Lake appeared to be the only lake having a documented change in temperature ..."

3. A Manual of clinical diagnosis by means of laboratory methods, for students by Charles Edmund Simon (1902)
"O Generally, the alkalinity of the blood is lower in women and children than in men, and is, furthermore, influenced by the process of digestion, exercise, ..."

4. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"Changes of alkalinity in the blood itself cannot be demonstrated (24). ... (25) found in man a very slight and transitory increase of alkalinity by ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1902)
"The test of experimental investigation, however, shows that the association of a diminished alkalinity of the blood with gout is erroneous. ..."

6. Beet-sugar Manufacture by Hermann Claassen (1910)
"Its alkalinity, as has already been stated, depends on the alkalinity ... The decrease in alkalinity during evaporation will be in ..."

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