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alkali metal

–noun Chemistry.
any of the group of univalent metals including potassium, sodium, lithium, rubidium, cesium, and francium, whose hydroxides are alkalis.

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1880–85
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alkali metal  
n.  Any of a group of soft, white, low-density, low-melting, highly reactive metallic elements, including lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.
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Main Entry: alkali metal
Function: noun
: any of the univalent mostly basic metals of group I of the periodic table comprising lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium,cesium, and francium
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alkali metal n.
Any of a group of soft, white, low-density, low-melting, highly reactive metallic elements, including lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.

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