ion

noun

An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

A surname from Romanian.

(Greek mythology) Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.

(philosophy) Ion of Chios, a Greek writer, dramatist, lyric poet and philosopher of the Pythagorean school

Roots

ienaiion- · Greek · to go

Synonyms for ion

ionizationn electronn atomn hydracid oxyacidn

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