Meaning & use
Basicity
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The chemical property of being basic, or alkaline; also, a measure of how many hydrogen ions an acid can donate or how strongly a compound behaves as a base.
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Chemists measured the basicity of the new catalyst before testing its reactivity.
Sulfuric acid has a basicity of two because it can donate two hydrogen ions.
A note on using this word
Closely paired with "acidity" as one of the core quantitative concepts in acid-base chemistry.
Words with a similar meaning
alkalinity
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Words with an opposite meaning
acidity
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