"ion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪən/ [UK], /ˈaɪ.ɒn/ [UK], /ˈaɪ.ɑn/ [US] Audio: en-us-ion.ogg [US] Forms: ions [plural]
enPR: ī'ən, ī'ŏn Rhymes: (UK) -aɪən, (UK) -aɪɒn Etymology: From the ending of anion and cation, which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”), neuter present participle of εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year. Etymology templates: {{m|en|anion}} anion, {{m|en|cation}} cation, {{der|en|grc|ἰόν||going}} Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”), {{m|grc|εἶμι||I go}} εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”), {{coin|en|William Whewell|in=1834|nat=English|occ=polymath}} Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 Head templates: {{en-noun}} ion (plural ions)
  1. An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution. Categories (topical): Ions, Physical chemistry Translations (atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge): jon [masculine] (Albanian), شَارِد (šārid) [masculine] (Arabic), أَيُون (ʔayūn) [masculine] (Arabic), իոն (ion) (Armenian), ion [masculine] (Asturian), ioi (Basque), আয়ন (aẏon) (Bengali), íon [masculine] (Brazilian Portuguese), йон (jon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), အိုင်းယွန်း (uing:ywan:) (Burmese), [masculine] (Catalan), 離子 (Chinese Mandarin), 离子 (lízǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), iont [masculine] (Czech), ion (Dutch), jono (Esperanto), ioon (Estonian), ião [masculine] (European Portuguese), ioni (Finnish), ion [masculine] (French), ión [masculine] (Galician), იონი (ioni) (Georgian), Ion [neuter] (German), ιόν (ión) [neuter] (Greek), ion (Hungarian), jón [feminine] (Icelandic), fareind [feminine] (Icelandic), iono (Ido), ion (Indonesian), ione [masculine] (Italian), イオン (ion) (Japanese), យាត្រាណូ (yea tra no) (Khmer), ចរាណូ (jor ra no) (Khmer), អ៊ីយ៉ុង (ʼiiyong) (Khmer), 이온 (ion) (Korean), jons [masculine] (Latvian), jun (Lombard), ion [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ion [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), یون (yon) (Persian), jon [masculine] (Polish), iyun (Quechua), ио́н (ión) [masculine] (Russian), јон (jon) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ion [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ioni [masculine] (Sicilian), ion [masculine] (Slovene), ion [masculine] (Spanish), ión [masculine] (Spanish), ioni (Swahili), jon [common-gender] (Swedish), dagipik (Tagalog), ไอออน (ai-ɔ̂n) (Thai), iyon (Turkish), yion (Volapük), ïon [masculine] (Welsh)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Phrase

IPA: /ˈaɪˌoʊn/
Etymology: From a reduction of I don't. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} ion
  1. (slang) I don't. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-ion-en-phrase-IQ2lLbLb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "fluoronium ion"
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          "word": "halonium ion"
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          "word": "heavy ion"
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          "word": "hydrogen ion"
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          "word": "iodonium ion"
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          "word": "ion channelopathy"
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          "word": "ion chromatography"
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          "word": "ion engine"
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          "word": "Li-ion"
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          "word": "lithium ion battery"
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          "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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          "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
          "word": "អ៊ីយ៉ុង"
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      "word": "halonium ion"
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      "roman": "aẏon",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "আয়ন"
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "အိုင်းယွန်း"
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "離子"
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      "roman": "lízǐ",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "ioon"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "ioni"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "ion"
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "word": "ión"
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "იონი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "이온"
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      "code": "nb",
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "yon",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "یون"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "word": "jon"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "íon"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "European Portuguese",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ião"
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      "code": "qu",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "iyun"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ión",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "word": "ио́н"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "roman": "jon",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "word": "јон"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "ion"
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    {
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "ioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "word": "jon"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "dagipik"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ai-ɔ̂n",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
      "word": "ไอออน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge",
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      "word": "ïon"
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  ],
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}

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        "(slang) I don't."
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