cation

See also: catión

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kătʹ-ī-ən, IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.aɪ.ən/
• (US) enPR: kătʹ-ī-ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.aɪ.ɒn/

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 (kation)
• Basque: katioi
• Catalan: catió (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阳离子 (zh)

• Czech: kationt m
• Esperanto: katjono
• Finnish: kationi (fi)
• French: cation (fr) m
• Galician: catión m
• German: Kation (de) n
• Greek: κατιόν (el) n (katión)
• Hungarian: kation

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

Anagrams

• action
• atonic

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katjɔ̃/

Noun

cation m (plural cations)

1. cation

Anagrams

• action, contai