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basicity

The definition of basicity is the condition of being a base, or the difficulty for an acid to react with a base determined by the number of hydrogen atoms that can be replaced in the acid.

(noun)

An example of something with basicity is sodium hydrochloride.
An example of something that has basicity is water.

See basicity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the quality or condition of being a base
the capacity of an acid to react with a base, measured by the number of hydrogen atoms that can be replaced by a base

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