A cation is a positively charged ion, with more protons than electrons, while an anion is negatively charged, with more electrons than protons.
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Anion
//ˈænˌaɪ.ən//
Synonyms for "anion" (51 found)
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40 translations across 35 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անիոն noun (negatively charged ion)
Belarusian
1 entries- аніён noun (negatively charged ion)
Bengali
1 entries- ঋণাত্মক আয়ন noun (negatively charged ion)
Bulgarian
1 entries- анио́н noun (negatively charged ion)
Catalan
1 entries- anió noun (negatively charged ion)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 陰離子 /阴离子 noun (negatively charged ion)
Czech
1 entries- aniont noun (negatively charged ion)
Dutch
1 entries- anion noun (negatively charged ion)
Esperanto
1 entries- anjono noun (negatively charged ion)
Finnish
1 entries- anioni noun (negatively charged ion)
French
1 entries- anion noun (negatively charged ion)
Galician
1 entries- anión noun (negatively charged ion)
German
1 entries- Anion noun (negatively charged ion)
Greek
1 entries- ανιόν noun (negatively charged ion)
Hungarian
1 entries- anion noun (negatively charged ion)
Ido
1 entries- aniono noun (negatively charged ion)
Irish
1 entries- ainian noun (negatively charged ion)
Italian
1 entries- anione noun (negatively charged ion)
Japanese
2 entries- アニオン noun (negatively charged ion)
- 陰イオン noun (negatively charged ion)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- anione noun (negatively charged ion)
- anioni noun (negatively charged ion)
Khmer
1 entries- អាញ៉ុង noun (negatively charged ion)
Korean
1 entries- 음이온 noun (negatively charged ion)
Manx
1 entries- aneean noun (negatively charged ion)
Occitan
1 entries- anion noun (negatively charged ion)
Polish
1 entries- anion noun (negatively charged ion)
Portuguese
4 entries- anionte noun (negatively charged ion)
- anião noun (negatively charged ion)
- aníon noun (negatively charged ion)
- ânion noun (negatively charged ion)
Russian
1 entries- анио́н noun (negatively charged ion)
Slovene
1 entries- anion noun (negatively charged ion)
Spanish
1 entries- anión noun (negatively charged ion)
Swedish
1 entries- anjon noun (negatively charged ion)
Tagalog
1 entries- tahapik noun (negatively charged ion)
Turkish
1 entries- anyon noun (negatively charged ion)
Ukrainian
1 entries- аніо́н noun (negatively charged ion)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ly tử âm noun (negatively charged ion)
Welsh
1 entries- anion noun (negatively charged ion)
Sample sentences
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A displacement reaction is a chemical reaction in which the cation or anion of one reactant is replaced by one from another reactant.
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An oxyanion is an anion that contains the element oxygen.
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In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.
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