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alkaline-earth metal

[al-kuh-lahyn-urth, -lin-]

noun Chemistry.

any of the group of bivalent metals including barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, usually, magnesium, the hydroxides of which are alkalis but less soluble than those of the alkali metals.

Origin of alkaline-earth metal

First recorded in 1900–05
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alkaline-earth metal in Medicine

alkaline-earth metal

n.

Any of a group of metallic elements including calcium, strontium, magnesium, barium, beryllium, and radium.
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alkaline-earth metal in Science

alkaline-earth metal

Any of a group of metallic elements that includes beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium. Because the alkaline-earth metals have two electrons in their outer shell, they react easily with other elements and are found in nature only in compounds. See Periodic Table.
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