base

Introduction

A substance cabable of donating a pair of electrons to an acid. When dissolved in water, a base will make the solution alkaline.

More general terms

• chemical substance

More specific terms

• amine
• calcium hydroxide
• lithium hydroxide (LiOH)
• OH- (hydroxide)
• potassium hydroxide (KOH)
• sodium hydroxide (NaOH)

Additional terms

• base pair
• DNA base
• RNA base