Plural of antalkali; multiple substances that counteract or neutralize alkaline properties.
Plural of antalkali, formed with the -ies ending (following English rules for nouns ending in -i). From anti- + alkali + -es.
This archaic plural reveals how English once treated words borrowed from Arabic more flexibly—modern chemistry would never use this term or its plural, showing how scientific vocabulary undergoes complete replacement as frameworks change.
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