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Definition: Anion |
AnionNoun1. A negatively charged atom. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "anion" was first used: 1834. (references) |
Etymology: Anion \An"i*on\, noun. [from Greek expression, neut., present participle of to go up; up to go.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | A negatively charged atom, molecule or group of molecules. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A negatively charged ion. (references) |
Mining | A. A negatively charged ion, such as a hydroxide, chloride, or sulfate ion; opposite of cation b. An atomic particle with a negative charge; one attracted to the anode.CF:cation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Resin | Artificial resin, polymer; ion-exchange resin, cation-exchange resin, anion exchange resin, water softener, Amberlite, Dowex, Diaion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Anion |
| English words defined with "anion": anionic compound ♦ hydrolysis, hydroxide ion, hydroxyl ion ♦ manganate ♦ superoxide, superoxide anion ♦ vanadate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "anion": 4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid, 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid ♦ anionic collector, anionic flotation, Ankyrin Repeat ♦ Borohydrides ♦ Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases, CATALYST OPERATOR, GASOLINE, Cholesterol Esterase, Cholestyramine, Colestipol ♦ Dithionitrobenzoic Acid ♦ Lipoprotein Lipase ♦ NADPH Oxidase ♦ Oxides ♦ Penicillin Amidase ♦ weakly basic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Anion" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (anion), German (negative ion). |
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| "Anion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Anion" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 46 | 50,285 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "anion": anion exchange resin ♦ Anion Exchange Resins ♦ superoxide anion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "anion": anion-binding, anion-cation, anion-exchange, anion-sensitive. | |
Ending with "anion": sulphur-anion. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anion complex tetrachlorodecaoxygen | 72 |
anion gap | 69 |
anion | 33 |
anion cations | 9 |
anion exchangers | 6 |
anion cation | 6 |
air anion purifier | 5 |
anion gap low | 5 |
anion exchangers finishing glass manufacturing metal | 2 |
acid amino anion chromatography | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "anion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | anioon. (various references) | |
Chinese | 阴离子 (anions). (various references) | |
Danish | anion. (various references) | |
Dutch | anion. (various references) | |
Esperanto | anjono. (various references) | |
Finnish | anioni. (various references) | |
French | anion. (various references) | |
German | Anion (negative ion). (various references) | |
Greek | ανιόν. (various references) | |
Italian | anione. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 陰イオン . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | い"イオン. (various references) | |
Manx | aneean. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | anião. (various references) | |
Russian | анион. (various references) | |
Spanish | anión. (various references) | |
Swedish | anjon. (various references) | |
Thai | ไอออนที่มีประจุลบ. (various references) | |
Turkish | anyon. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | аніон. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | anion. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "anion": anionic, anions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "anion": carbanion, companion, fanion, wanion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "anion": carbanions, companionabilities, companionability, companionable, companionableness, companionablenesses, companionably, companionate, companioned, companioning, companions, companionship, companionships, companionway, companionways, fanions, wanions. (additional references) | |
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"Anion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agion, Agnaou, aion, airon, ajion, alnino, Amicon, amion, Andiol, Andon, anen, aneno, aneo, anfo, Aniane, anio, aniont, Anison, anjo, Ankov, ann, Annio, annium, Annon, Annoni, announ, anoan, anoi, anoia, anoic, anoid, anoing, anoit, anona, anoo, Anoon, Anosov, anoun, antio, anyo, Anyon, Arnison, avino, avion, axion, azio, Azione, banion, Danino, Ennion, Lanino, nacion, nafion, Naigow, naio, nanino, naoi, narnian, nion, Pandion, pannion, wannian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "anion" (pronounced 'An"i*on'): Abacination, Abaction, Abaddon, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Ablution, Abluvion, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Aboon, Abortion, Abrasion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Abscession, Abscision, Abscission, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstersion, Abstraction, Abstrusion, Absumption, Abusion, Abutilon, Accension, Accentuation, Acceptation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-n-o" | |
-1 letter: anon, naoi, nona. | |
-2 letters: ain, ani, inn, ion, nan. | |
-3 letters: ai, an, in, na, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-n-o" | |
+1 letter: amnion, anions, anoint, eonian, fanion, nasion, nation, nomina, wanion. | |
+2 letters: actinon, aeonian, amnions, andiron, anionic, anoints, antlion, atoning, cannoli, canonic, canzoni, contain, dipnoan, enation, fanions, fontina, lanolin, loaning, mansion, moaning, nasions, nations, nominal, nonacid, nonpaid, onanism, onanist, pintano, saponin, solanin, wanions, zingano. | |
+3 letters: aborning, actinons, adnation, adorning, agnation, agnomina, amnionic, anatoxin, anconoid, andirons, anginose, anginous, annoying, anodynic, anointed, anointer, antimony, antinode, antinomy, antiphon, antiporn, antisnob, antlions, aproning, bignonia, cannolis, canoeing, canonise, canonist, canonize, cinchona, cinnamon, conation, congaing, conidian, conquian, contains, continua, countian, demonian, diazinon, dipnoans, dominant, donating, donation, enations, favonian, fontinas, fountain, ganglion, gnathion, groaning, hominian, ignorant, inaction, innovate, insomnia, intonate, invasion, lanoline, lanolins, loanings, lunation, mandolin, mannitol, mansions, masoning, monecian, mountain, nainsook, natation, national, negation, nominals, nominate, nonacids, nonbasic, nondairy, nonfinal, nonideal, nonimage, nonrival, nontidal, nonvalid, nonviral, notating, notation, notional, novation, nutation, onanisms, onanists, ordinand, pangolin, pavonine, pintanos, poignant, pointman, raisonne, reanoint, sainfoin, sanction, santonin, saponine, saponins, scansion, sinfonia, solanine, solanins, sonantic, sonatina, sonatine, tangoing, unisonal, venation, wagoning, womaning, zonation. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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