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anion

  • noun
  • ăn'-ī-ŏn

A negatively charged ion.

A kind of

  • ion

Kinds of anion

  • hydroxide ion
  • superoxide

Related words

  • anex
  • anionize
  • anionoid
  • fluoroanion
  • thioanion
  • anion gap
  • anion exchange
  • anion vacancy
  • anionic
  • anionization
  • carbanion
  • counteranion

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This definition is adapted from “anion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.