cation

See also catión

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæ.taɪən/

Noun

cation (plural cations)

1. (chemistry) A positively charged ion—opposed to anion.
2. (chemistry) The ion in an electrolyzed solution that migrates to the cathode.

Derived terms

• dication
• trication
• tetracation

Related terms

• anion
• ion

Translations

a positively charged ion

• Armenian: կատիոն (hy) (kation)
• Basque: katioi (eu)
• Catalan: catió (ca) m
• Czech: kationt (cs) m
• Esperanto: katjono (eo)
• Finnish: kationi (fi)
• French: cation (fr) m
• Galician: catión (gl) m
• German: Kation (de) n
• Greek: κατιώντος (el) (katiōntos) m
• Hungarian: kation (hu)

• Ido: kationo (io)
• Italian: catione (it) m
• Japanese: 陽イオン (ja) (yō ion), カチオン (ja) (kachion)
• Occitan: cation (oc) m
• Polish: kation (pl) m
• Portuguese: (Europe) catião (pt) m, (Brazil) cátion (pt) m
• Romanian: cation (ro) m
• Russian: катион (ru) (katión) m
• Serbo-Croatian: катјон (sh) (katjon) m
• Spanish: catión (es) m
• Turkish: katyon (tr)

Anagrams

• action
• atonic

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /katjɔ̃/

Noun

cation m (plural cations)

1. cation

Anagrams

• action, contai