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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

basicity en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English basic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English basicity From basic + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being basic.
  2. (countable) The degree to which a substance is basic: its pH level.
  3. (countable) The number of replaceable hydrogen atoms in a molecule of an acid.

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Antonyms

acidity

Synonyms

essentiality · basicness · fundamentalness · essentialness · essence · alkalinity