base

<chemistry> The nonacid part of a salt, a substance that combines with acids to form salts, a substance that dissociates to give hydroxide ions in aqueous solutions, a substance whose molecule or ion can combine with a proton (hydrogen ion), a substance capable of donating a pair of electrons (to an acid) for the formation of a coordinate covalent bond.

(13 Nov 1997)


Terms mentioned in text: chemistry, nonacid, part, salt, substance, salts, hydroxide, ions, aqueous solutions, molecule, proton, hydrogen, pair, electrons, formation, coordinate, covalent bond
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