alkalinity

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English alkaline
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.
Latin -itās
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English alkalinity

    From alkaline + -ity.

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    Noun

    alkalinity (countable and uncountable, plural alkalinities)

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

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