ion
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ion"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) enPR: ī'ən, IPA(key): /ˈaɪən/; enPR: ī'ŏn, IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.ɒn/
- (US) enPR: ī'ŏn, IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.ɑn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -aɪən, (UK) -aɪɒn
- Homophone: iron (in some accents only)
Noun edit
ion (plural ions)
- An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.
Derived terms edit
- alkanium ion
- amidium ion
- aminium ion
- anion
- arenium ion
- arenonium ion
- arsanylium ion
- autoion
- benzenium ion
- benzenonium ion
- bromonium ion
- byion
- carbenium ion
- carbonium ion
- cation
- chloronium ion
- coion
- complex ion
- counterion
- dipolar ion
- fluoronium ion
- gegenion
- halonium ion
- heavy ion
- hydrogen ion
- iodonium ion
- ion carrier
- ion channel
- ion channelopathy
- ion chromatography
- ion engine
- ion exchange
- ion exchange chromatography
- ion exchange resin
- ionic
- ionise, ionize
- ion milling
- ion mirror
- ionogenic
- ionome
- ion-selective electrode
- ion selective electrode
- ion-selective membrane
- ion storm
- ion trap
- ion wind
- Li-ion
- lithium ion battery
- lithium-ion battery
- macroion
- microion
- multiion
- nebenion
- oxoion
- oxylium ion
- photoion
- polyion
- radical ion
- secondary ion mass spectrometry
- spectator ion
- sulphion
- thermion
Translations edit
atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge
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Etymology 2 edit
From a reduction of I don't.
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
ion
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ion m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ion n (plural ionen)
- ion (charged atom or compound)
Derived terms edit
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ion
- accusative singular of io
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ion m (plural ions)
Further reading edit
- “ion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
ion
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”).
Noun edit
ion n (definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ioner, definite plural iona or ionene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”).
Noun edit
ion n (definite singular ionet, indefinite plural ion, definite plural iona)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ion m (plural ioni)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ion, i‧on
Noun edit
ion m (plural iones)
- ion (atom bearing an electrical charge)
Further reading edit
- “ion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From French ion, from English ion.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔi˧˧ ʔɔn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔɔŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔɔŋ˧˧]
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Noun edit
ion
- an ion