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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Cation
//ˈkætˌaɪ.ən//
Synonyms for "cation" (52 found)
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Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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8 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 37 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կատիոն noun (Translations)
Basque
1 entries- katioi noun (Translations)
Belarusian
1 entries- катыён noun (Translations)
Bengali
1 entries- ধনাত্মক আয়ন noun (Translations)
Brazilian Portuguese
1 entries- cátion noun (Translations)
Bulgarian
1 entries- катион noun (Translations)
Catalan
1 entries- catió noun (Translations)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 正離子 /正离子 noun (Translations)
- 陽離子 /阳离子 noun (Translations)
Czech
1 entries- kationt noun (Translations)
Dutch
1 entries- kation noun (Translations)
Esperanto
1 entries- katjono noun (Translations)
European Portuguese
1 entries- catião noun (Translations)
Finnish
1 entries- kationi noun (Translations)
French
1 entries- cation noun (Translations)
Galician
1 entries- catión noun (Translations)
German
1 entries- Kation noun (Translations)
Greek
1 entries- κατιόν noun (Translations)
Hungarian
1 entries- kation noun (Translations)
Ido
1 entries- kationo noun (Translations)
Italian
1 entries- catione noun (Translations)
Japanese
2 entries- カチオン noun (Translations)
- 陽イオン noun (Translations)
Khmer
1 entries- កាចុង noun (Translations)
Korean
1 entries- 양이온 noun (Translations)
Occitan
1 entries- cation noun (Translations)
Persian
1 entries- کاتیون noun (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- kation noun (Translations)
Romanian
1 entries- cation noun (Translations)
Russian
1 entries- катио́н noun (Translations)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- katjon noun (Translations)
- катјон noun (Translations)
Slovene
1 entries- kation noun (Translations)
Spanish
1 entries- catión noun (Translations)
Swedish
1 entries- katjon noun (Translations)
Tagalog
1 entries- balipik noun (Translations)
Turkish
1 entries- katyon noun (Translations)
Ukrainian
1 entries- катіо́н noun (Translations)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ly tử dương noun (Translations)
Welsh
1 entries- catïon noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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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