onium
See also: -onium
English
Etymology 1
From ammonium.
Noun
onium (plural oniums)
- (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families
- (chemistry) any organic derivative of these compounds
Translations
cation
See also
- ammonium
- arsonium
- bismuthonium
- bromonium
- chloronium
- fluoronium
- iodonium
- oxonium
- phosphonium
- selenonium
- stibonium
- sulfonium / sulphonium
- telluronium
Etymology 2
See Muonium#Nomenclature.
Noun
onium (plural onia)
- (physics) the bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle
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