alkalinity

[In Ger. alkalin ität; Fr. alcalinité.] The quality which constitutes any substance an alkali. "It is an alkaline fluid, and its alkalinity is chiefly due to the presence of free soda."- Todd & Bowman: Physiol . Anat . , ii. 296. al-kal-i-ous, a. [Eng., ., alkali; -ous.] Po e ing the properties of an alkali. "Each of them may partake of an acid and alkalious nature."- Dr . Kinneir: E ay on the Nerves (1739), р. 134.