"cation" meaning in English

See cation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkætˌaɪ.ən/, /ˈkætˌaɪ.ɑn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cation.wav Forms: cations [plural]
enPR: kătʹ-ī-ən Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰτῐόν (katión), neuter present participle of κᾰ́τειμῐ (káteimi, “to go down, come down”), from κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, “downwards, down, cata-”) + εἶμῐ (eîmi, “to go, come”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year. Equivalent to cat(a)- + ion. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|κᾰτῐόν}} Ancient Greek κᾰτῐόν (katión), {{af|grc|κᾰτᾰ-|εἶμῐ|nocat=1|t1=downwards, down, cata-|t2=to go, come}} κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, “downwards, down, cata-”) + εἶμῐ (eîmi, “to go, come”), {{coin|en|William Whewell|in=1834|nat=English|occ=polymath}} Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834, {{prefix|en|cata-|ion|alt1=cat(a)-}} cat(a)- + ion Head templates: {{en-noun}} cation (plural cations)
  1. (physical chemistry) a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis Wikipedia link: Michael Faraday Tags: physical Categories (topical): Ions, Physical chemistry Related terms: anion, ion Translations (Translations): կատիոն (kation) (Armenian), katioi (Basque), катыён (katyjón) [masculine] (Belarusian), ধনাত্মক আয়ন (dhonattok aẏon) (Bengali), cátion [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), катион (kation) [masculine] (Bulgarian), catió [masculine] (Catalan), 陽離子 (Chinese Mandarin), 阳离子 (yánglízi) (Chinese Mandarin), 正離子 (Chinese Mandarin), 正离子 (zhènglízǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kationt [masculine] (Czech), kation [neuter] (Dutch), katjono (Esperanto), catião [masculine] (European Portuguese), kationi (Finnish), cation [masculine] (French), catión [masculine] (Galician), Kation [neuter] (German), κατιόν (katión) [neuter] (Greek), kation (Hungarian), kationo (Ido), catione [masculine] (Italian), 陽イオン (yō ion) (Japanese), カチオン (kachion) (Japanese), កាចុង (kaacong) (Khmer), 양이온 (yang'ion) (Korean), cation [masculine] (Occitan), کاتیون (kâtiyon) (Persian), kation [masculine] (Polish), cation [masculine] (Romanian), катио́н (katión) [masculine] (Russian), катјон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), katjon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kation [masculine] (Slovene), catión [masculine] (Spanish), katjon [common-gender] (Swedish), balipik (Tagalog), katyon (Turkish), катіо́н (katión) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cation-en-noun-GI-Z361C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cata-, English terms with vowel pseudo-digraphs, Entries with translation boxes, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Derived forms: bication, borocation, carbocation, cation exchange, cationic, cationization, cationize, cationoid, cationotropic, cationotropy, cation-π, countercation, dication, hexacation, monocation, organocation, pentacation, polycation, radical cation, supercation, tetracation, trication

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      "word": "cation-π"
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      "word": "countercation"
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      "word": "dication"
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    {
      "word": "hexacation"
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      "word": "monocation"
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    {
      "word": "organocation"
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    {
      "word": "pentacation"
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    {
      "word": "polycation"
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    {
      "word": "radical cation"
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    {
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        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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      "roman": "kation",
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      "word": "կատիոն"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catió"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "陽離子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yánglízi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "阳离子"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "正離子"
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      "roman": "zhènglízǐ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "正离子"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kationt"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "kation"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "katjono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kationi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catión"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kation"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katión",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κατιόν"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kation"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kationo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yō ion",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "陽イオン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kachion",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "カチオン"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaacong",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "កាចុង"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yang'ion",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "양이온"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kâtiyon",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "کاتیون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kation"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cátion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "European Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catião"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cation"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "katión",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "катио́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "катјон"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "katjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kation"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "catión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "katjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "balipik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "katyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "katión",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "катіо́н"
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}

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