When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.
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Alkaline
//ˈæl.kə.laɪn//
Synonyms for "alkaline" (6 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (3)
Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescoordinate
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9 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νιτρώδης adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Arabic
2 entries- قَاعِدَة adj (having a pH greater than 7)
- قِلْوِيّ adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Catalan
2 entries- alcalí adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alcalí adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 碱性 adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Czech
2 entries- zásaditý adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- zásaditý adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Danish
2 entries- alkalisk adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alkalisk adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- щелочной adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- щелочной adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Esperanto
2 entries- alkaleca adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alkaleca adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Finnish
4 entries- alkali adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alkalinen adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alkalinen adj (having a pH greater than 7)
- emäksinen adj (of or relating to an alkali)
French
2 entries- alcalin adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- basique adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Galician
1 entries- alcalino adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Georgian
2 entries- ტუტე adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- ტუტიანი adj (of or relating to an alkali)
German
2 entries- alkalisch adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alkalisch adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Greek
2 entries- αλκαλικός adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- αλκαλικός adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Hungarian
4 entries- alkalikus adj (having a pH greater than 7)
- alkáli adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- bázikus adj (having a pH greater than 7)
- lúgos adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Irish
2 entries- alcaileach adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alcaileach adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Italian
1 entries- alcalino adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Korean
2 entries- 알칼리성 adj (having a pH greater than 7)
- 염기성 adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Navajo
2 entries- díkʼǫ́ǫ́zh adj (having a pH greater than 7)
- łeeyáán adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Polish
3 entries- alkaliczny adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alkaliczny adj (having a pH greater than 7)
- zasadowy adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Portuguese
3 entries- alcalino adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alcalino adj (having a pH greater than 7)
- básico adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Romanian
1 entries- alcalin adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Russian
1 entries- щелочно́й adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lužnat adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- lužnati adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Slovak
2 entries- zásaditý adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- zásaditý adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Spanish
2 entries- alcalino adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alcalino adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Swedish
3 entries- alkalisk adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alkalisk adj (having a pH greater than 7)
- basisk adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Telugu
1 entries- క్షార adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Turkish
1 entries- alkalin adj (of or relating to an alkali)
Ukrainian
2 entries- лу́жний adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- лу́жний adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Welsh
2 entries- alcalïaidd adj (of or relating to an alkali)
- alcalïaidd adj (having a pH greater than 7)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium are alkaline earth metals.
Source: tatoeba (1555664)
Liquids are either acid or alkaline.
Source: tatoeba (5322601)
Toothpaste is alkaline.
Source: tatoeba (5322603)
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