ALKALINE EARTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkaline earth mean? 

• ALKALINE EARTH (noun)
  The noun ALKALINE EARTH has 1 sense:

1. any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)

  Familiarity information: ALKALINE EARTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKALINE EARTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

alkaline-earth metal; alkaline earth

Hypernyms ("alkaline earth" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

 Context examples 

An alkaline earth metal, magnesium is important for many biochemical functions and reactions; for bone and muscle function, protein and fatty acid formation, activation of B vitamins, blood clotting, insulin secretion, and ATP formation.

(Magnesium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

An alkaline earth metal, Magnesium is important for many biochemical functions and reactions; for bone and muscle function, protein and fatty acid formation, activation of B vitamins, blood clotting, insulin secretion, and ATP formation.

(Magnesium, NCI Thesaurus)