alkalescence

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alkalescence - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alkalescence \Al`ka*les`cence\, Alkalescency \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.
     [1913 Webster]