Alkaline metals Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium)
    alkali metal; alkaline metal.
    • the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline

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Definitions
  1. potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium.

Webster 1913