All 4 Uses
alkaline
in
When the Emperor Was Divine
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- A city of tar-paper barracks behind a barbed-wire fence on a dusty alkaline plain high up in the desert.†
p. 49.6 *alkaline = having a pH greater than 7 (this is the opposite of acidic); or having a greater pH than something else
- Only the alkaline made your skin burn.†
p. 64.1
- The alkaline earth could not absorb any water and the ground quickly turned to mud.†
p. 77.8
- "THE SOIL'S TOO ALKALINE," said his mother.†
p. 85.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(alkaline) having a pH greater than 7 so it will dissolve in water (this is the opposite of acidic); or having a greater pH than something else
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)