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Alkaline-earth Metal

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Noun

1. alkaline earth, alkaline-earth metal

any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)

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Alkaline-earth Metal

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noun
chemistry
any of the divalent electropositive metals beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium, belonging to group 2A of the periodic table
another name for alkaline earth (sense 1)

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Alkaline-earth Metal

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any of the six highly reactive chemical elements in group IIA of the periodic table including, in order of increasing reactivity, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium: an oxide of any of these metals is called an alkaline earth
see the periodic table of elements in the Reference Supplement

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Alkaline-earth Metal

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n.
Any of a group of metallic elements, especially calcium, strontium, magnesium, and barium, but generally including beryllium and radium. Also called alkaline earth.

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