[f. ALKALESCENT, on the regular analogy of sbs. in -ENCE from adjs. in -ENT. Cf. mod. Fr. alcalescence.] The process of becoming alkaline; also = ALKALESCENCY.
1746. R. James, Introd. Mouffet’s Health’s Impr., 35. The Alcalescence of animal Aliments.
1807. Davy, in Phil. Trans., XCVIII. 41. Oxygen … the principle of acidity of the French nomenclature, might now likewise be called the principle of alkalescence.
