anion

3 definitions found

anion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anion \An"i*on\, n. [Gr. ?, neut. ?, p. pr. of ? to go up; ? up
     + ? to go.] (Chem.)
     An electro-negative atom or group of atoms, or the element
     which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the
     anode; -- opposed to cation. --Faraday.
     [1913 Webster]

anion - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anion
      n 1: a negatively charged ion

anion - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "anion":
     acid, acidity, agent, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, antacid,
     atom, base, biochemical, cation, chemical, chemical element,
     chromoisomer, compound, copolymer, dimer, electrocoating,
     electroetching, electrogalvanization, electrogilding,
     electrograving, electrolysis, electrolyte, electroplating, element,
     galvanization, heavy chemicals, high polymer, homopolymer,
     hydracid, inorganic chemical, ion, ionization, ionogen, isomer,
     macromolecule, metamer, molecule, monomer, neutralizer, nonacid,
     nonelectrolyte, organic chemical, oxyacid, polymer, pseudoisomer,
     radical, reagent, sulfacid, trimer