Ion
name, noun, phrase, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.
- 2 a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons wordnet
- 1 I don't. slang
"ion know what 2 do"
- 1 Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people. Greek
- 2 A surname from Romanian.
- 3 Ion of Chios, a Greek writer, dramatist, lyric poet and philosopher of the Pythagorean school
Example
More examples"Suffixes, 1: "-ion" creates nouns that show the meaning of 'action, state, process, results,' and so on."
Etymology
From the ending of anion and cation, which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”), neuter present participle of εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year.
From a reduction of I don't.
From Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn).
Borrowed from Romanian Ion.
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