Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
alkalescent is an adjective meaning "tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline". It carries one recorded sense.
tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for alkalescent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.