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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Alkalescence

· Al·ka·les·cence · IPA
01 n. A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.
  1. 1.
    A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.