Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Anion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anion \An"i*on\, n. [Gr. ?, neut. ?, p. pr. of ? to go up; ? up
+ ? to go.] (Chem.)
An electro-negative element, or the element which, in
electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; --
opposed to {cation}. --Faraday.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anion
n : a negatively charged atom
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