alkaline earth metal

noun

Any of the elements of group II of the periodic table; they are low-density metals that react readily with water to form strongly basic hydroxides, and with many acids to form salts.

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Meanings

nounalkaline earth metal (plural alkaline earth metals)

plural alkaline earth metals · alternative alkaline-earth metal

  1. chemistryAny of the elements of group II of the periodic table; they are low-density metals that react readily with water to form strongly basic hydroxides, and with many acids to form salts.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
calcide

Translations

Afrikaans aardalkalimetaal, alkaliaardmetaal
  • aardalkalimetaalany element of group II of the periodic table
  • alkaliaardmetaalany element of group II of the periodic table
Chinese Cantonese 鹼土金屬 /碱土金属
  • 鹼土金屬 /碱土金属 (gaan² tou² gam¹ suk⁶)any element of group II of the periodic table
Chinese Mandarin 鹼土金屬 /碱土金属
  • 鹼土金屬 /碱土金属 (jiǎntǔ jīnshǔ)any element of group II of the periodic table
Danish jordalkalimetal
  • jordalkalimetalany element of group II of the periodic table
Esperanto teralkala metalo
  • teralkala metaloany element of group II of the periodic table
Estonian leelismuldmetall
  • leelismuldmetallany element of group II of the periodic table
Finnish maa-alkalimetalli
  • maa-alkalimetalliany element of group II of the periodic table
French métal alcalino-terreux
  • métal alcalino-terreuxany element of group II of the periodic table
German Erdalkalimetall
  • Erdalkalimetallany element of group II of the periodic table
Greek αλκαλική γαία
  • αλκαλική γαία (alkalikí gaía)any element of group II of the periodic table
Hungarian alkáliföldfém
  • alkáliföldfémany element of group II of the periodic table
Irish miotal cré-alcaileach
  • miotal cré-alcaileachany element of group II of the periodic table
Japanese アルカリ土類金属
  • アルカリ土類金属 (arukari dorui kinzoku)any element of group II of the periodic table
Korean 알칼리 토금속
  • 알칼리 토금속 (alkalli togeumsok)any element of group II of the periodic table
Malay logam alkali bumi
  • logam alkali bumiany element of group II of the periodic table
Norwegian Bokmål jordalkalimetall
  • jordalkalimetallany element of group II of the periodic table
Polish berylowiec, wapniowiec
  • berylowiecany element of group II of the periodic table
  • wapniowiecany element of group II of the periodic table
  • metal ziem alkalicznychany element of group II of the periodic table
Portuguese metal alcalino-terroso
  • metal alcalino-terrosoany element of group II of the periodic table
Romanian metal alcalino-pământos
  • metal alcalino-pământosany element of group II of the periodic table
Russian щёлочно-земе́льный мета́лл
  • щёлочно-земе́льный мета́лл (ščóločno-zemélʹnyj metáll)any element of group II of the periodic table
Spanish metal alcalinotérreo
  • metal alcalinotérreoany element of group II of the periodic table
Swedish alkalisk jordartsmetall
  • alkalisk jordartsmetallany element of group II of the periodic table
Vietnamese kim loại kiềm thổ
  • kim loại kiềm thổany element of group II of the periodic table
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