- (a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
- (a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
- (a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
- (a.) Having the base in excess or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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