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alkali

noun
/ˈæl.kəˌlaɪ/

Etymology

From French alcali, from Medieval Latin alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes of the saltwort”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).

  1. derived from قلي
  2. derived from alcali
  3. borrowed from alcali

Definitions

  1. One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia,…

    One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

  2. Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.

The neighborhood

Derived

alkalaemia, alkalamide, alkalemia, alkalescent, alkali basalt, alkali bee, alkalibiont, alkalibiontic, alkalic, alkali cellulose, alkali feldspar, alkaliferous, alkali flat, alkali fly, alkalify, alkaligen, alkaligenous, alkali grass, alkaligrass, alkali green, alkali metal, alkalimeter, alkalimetric, alkalimetry, alkaline, alkalinogenic, alkalious, alkaliphile, alkaliproof, alkalization, alkalize, alkalosis, antalkali, bialkali, caustic alkali, caustic volatile alkali, chloralkali, haloalkaliphilic, milk-alkali syndrome, superalkali

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at alkali. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at alkali. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at alkali

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA