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Definition: Alkaline-earth Metal |
Alkaline-earth MetalNoun1. Any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | A metal in group IIA of the periodic system; namely, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium; so called because the oxides or earths of calcium, strontium, and barium were found by the early chemiststo be alkaline in reaction. (references) |
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Synonym: Alkaline-earth MetalSynonym: alkaline earth (n). (additional references) |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 6B 61 6C 69 6E 65 2D 65 61 72 74 68 4D 65 74 61 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01101011 01100001 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100101 00101101 01100101 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101000 00100000 01001101 01100101 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l k a l i n e - e a r t h   M e t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 006B 0061 006C 0069 006E 0065 002D 0065 0061 0072 0074 0068 004D 0065 0074 0061 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357877677875807115716784867424771866778 |
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