ION
\ˈa͡ɪɒn], \ˈaɪɒn], \ˈaɪ_ɒ_n]\
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a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
By Princeton University
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a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One of the electrified particles into which a gas, or a substance in solution, is broken up under the action of electricity.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A constituent of any salt, acid, or base formed when dissolved in water which is charged with electricity. When the charge is negative, the ion is an anion; when it is positive, the ion is a cation. When sodium chlorid dissolves in water it dissociates into its positive ion (cation) Na and its negative ion (anion) CI.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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