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Webster 1913 Edition
Alkalescency
{
Alˊka-lesˊcence
,Alˊka-les′cen-cy
, }Noun.
A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Alkalescency
ALKALES'CENCY
,Noun.
A tendency to become alkaline; or a tendency to the properties of an alkali; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to be predominant.