ALKALINE-EARTH METAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkaline-earth metal mean? 

• ALKALINE-EARTH METAL (noun)
  The noun ALKALINE-EARTH METAL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ALKALINE-EARTH METAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKALINE-EARTH METAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

alkaline-earth metal; alkaline earth

Hypernyms ("alkaline-earth metal" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)