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superalkaline en · ADJ

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Etymology

From super- + alkaline.

Meanings

1. Highly alkaline.
   • The top of the line are lithium batteries (not to be confused with lithium-ion batteries, which are typically used in laptops and cellphones) which cost $9.99 for Energizer AA batteries at CVS, $4 more than the superalkaline ones. 2007 November 10, Alina Tugend, “In Battery Buying, Enough Decisions to Exhaust That Bunny”, in New York Times:

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