"alkaline earth metal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alkaline earth metals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=alkaline earth metal}} alkaline earth metal (plural alkaline earth metals)
  1. (inorganic chemistry) 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. Wikipedia link: alkaline earth metal Categories (topical): Alkaline earth metals, Inorganic chemistry, Metals, Types of chemical element Synonyms: alkaline-earth metal Related terms: alkali metal, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, radium Translations (any element of group II of the periodic table): aardalkalimetaal (Afrikaans), alkaliaardmetaal (Afrikaans), 鹼土金屬 (Chinese Cantonese), 碱土金属 (gaan² tou² gam¹ suk⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 鹼土金屬 (Chinese Mandarin), 碱土金属 (jiǎntǔ jīnshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), jordalkalimetal [neuter] (Danish), teralkala metalo (Esperanto), maa-alkalimetalli (Finnish), métal alcalino-terreux [masculine] (French), metal alcalino terroso [masculine] (Galician), ტუტემიწა ლითონი (ṭuṭemic̣a litoni) (Georgian), Erdalkalimetall [neuter] (German), alkáliföldfém (Hungarian), miotal cré-alcaileach [masculine] (Irish), アルカリ土類金属 (arukari dorui kinzoku) (Japanese), 알칼리 토금속 (alkalli togeumsok) (Korean), logam alkali bumi (Malay), jordalkalimetall [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), jordalkalimetall [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), berylowiec [masculine] (Polish), wapniowiec [masculine] (Polish), metal ziem alkalicznych [masculine] (Polish), metal alcalino-terroso [masculine] (Portuguese), metal alcalino-pământos [neuter] (Romanian), щёлочно-земе́льный мета́лл (ščóločno-zemélʹnyj metáll) [masculine] (Russian), земноалкалијски мѐта̄л [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zemnoalkalijski mètāl [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), metal alcalinotérreo (Spanish), alkalisk jordartsmetall [common-gender] (Swedish), kim loại kiềm thổ (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "any element of group II of the periodic table",
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      "word": "alkalisk jordartsmetall"
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      "sense": "any element of group II of the periodic table",
      "word": "kim loại kiềm thổ"
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