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Definition

having a pH greater than 7 (this is the opposite of acidic)

an alkaline battery

Cancer blood is more alkaline than normal blood.
Alkaline solutions are typically slippery or soapy to the touch.
Living with a slightly alkaline soil is much easier and less expensive than trying to lower soil pH.
The way to unlock the niacin in corn is to cook it with an alkali like lime.
Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma

alkali = having a pH greater than 7 (this is the opposite of acidic)

Its calculators can be set to any combination, so many amino acids, so much sulphur, so much butterfat and alkaline.
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

alkaline = something with a pH greater than 7 (the opposite of acidic)

It was an alkaline country, and hundreds of Indians died from bad water.
Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop
I collected a quantity of seaweed to spread over them, which was afterwards burnt to make alkali, when we returned to secure our harvest of pearls.
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson
When the soil is too alkaline, which can be thought of as being too sweet, you need to add sulfur.
Holly Goldberg Sloan -- Counting by 7s
The key that locks up the acids and caustic alkalies!
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
It might be that alkali in an improperly cleaned flask had caused the clearing of the culture.
Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
It has an alkaline soil so firm that airplanes can be towed and parked on the surface without sinking....
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
Says Monty, sarcastic as alkali water: 'Ed, we-all knowed you was a heap married man, but you're some locoed to give yourself away.'
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
Thus she got her eyes full of dust—an alkali dust that made them sting and smart.
Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
[1] [Footnote 1: The poison of a snake is a powerful acid, and is counteracted by powerful alkalies, such as potash, ammonia, &c.
Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Its essence—highly alkaline.
Frank Herbert -- Dune
He tried to guess what the solutions were by smell, but failed; the shower was slippery, though, which meant it was alkaline.
Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
The open country smelled clean, even when the wind blew and the dust rose with its acrid alkaline smell.
Hal Borland -- When the Legends Die
It measures the pH level of your sweat, so you can tell when you need to hydrate with alkaline water.
Dave Eggers -- The Circle
I drink the water and it's alkaline, like soapy water.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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