(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:43:27

Al`ka*les`cence (#), Al`ka*les"cen*cy (#), n.

A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.

Ure.

© Webster 1913.

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