Basic(a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
Basic(a.) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
Basic(a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
Basic(a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
Basicity(n.) The quality or state of being a base.
Basicity(n.) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.
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