alkali

al·ka·li  (lk-l)

n. pl. al·ka·lis or al·ka·lies

1. A carbonate or hydroxide of an alkali metal, the aqueous solution of which is bitter, slippery, caustic, and characteristically basic in reactions.

2. Any of various soluble mineral salts found in natural water and arid soils.

3. Alkali metal.

4. A substance having highly basic properties; a strong base.

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[Middle English, alkaline substance from calcined plant ashes, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic al-qily, the ashes, lye, potash : al-, the + qily, ashes (from qal, to fry, roast; see qly in Semitic roots).]

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alkali [alk-a-lie]

Noun

Chem a substance that combines with acid and neutralizes it to form a salt [Arabic al-qili the ashes (of saltwort)]

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alkali  (lk-l)

Plural alkalis or alkalies

A hydroxide of an alkali metal. The aqueous solution of alkalis is bitter, slippery, caustic, and characteristically basic in reactions.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	alkali - any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" base pyridine - a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal purine - a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances purine - any of several bases that are derivatives of purine chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight glyoxaline, imidazole, iminazole - an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor cyanuramide, melamine - a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins pyrimidine - any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine
	2.	alkali - a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

Translations

alkali [ˈælkəlaɪ] n → álcali m

alkali [ˈælkəlaɪ] n → alcali m

alkali [ˈælkəlaɪ] n → Base f, Lauge f

alkali [ˈælkəlaɪ] n → alcali m inv

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alkali

n alkali [ˈӕlkəlai]

a substance, the opposite of acid, such as soda. alkaliفِلِز قَلَويосноваzásada (chemikálie)alkali; basedas Laugeαλκάλιοálcalileelisفلز قلیاییemäsalcaliבָּסִיסक्षारlužinalúgalkalibasialcaliアルカリ알칼리šarmassārmsalkalialkalibasezasadaálcalisubstanţă alcalinăщёлочьzásadalužninaalkalijaalkaliด่างalkali鹼лугالکلی ، تیزاب سے برعکسchất kiềm碱

adj ˈalkaline [-lain]

alkaliesقَلَويалкаленalkalický, zásaditýalkalisk; basiskalkalischαλκαλικόςalcalinoleeliselineقلیاییemäksinenalcalinבְּסִיסִיक्षारीयlužnatlúgosalkalinalkalískur, basískuralcalinoアルカリ性の알칼리의šarminissārmainssifat beralkalialkalischbasiskzasadowyalcalinoalcalinщелочнойzásaditýluženalkalanalkaliskเป็นด่างalkalik鹼性的лужнийالکلی کی خصوصیت والاtính kiềm碱性的