"onium" meaning in English

See onium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-onium.wav Forms: oniums [plural]
Etymology: From ammonium. Etymology templates: {{wp|onium compound}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} onium (plural oniums)
  1. (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families Categories (topical): Chemistry, Antimatter Translations (cation): 鎓 /𬭩 (jung¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 鎓 /𬭩 (wēng) (Chinese Mandarin), オニウム (oniumu) (Japanese), 오늄 (onyum) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-onium-en-noun-yh5I3rjN Disambiguation of Antimatter: 39 31 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Exotic atoms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 40 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 40 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Exotic atoms: 34 35 31 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'cation': 100 0
  2. (chemistry) any organic derivative of these compounds Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-onium-en-noun-yAh4cEdA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Exotic atoms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 40 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 40 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Exotic atoms: 34 35 31 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-onium.wav Forms: onia [plural]
Etymology: See Muonium#Nomenclature. Etymology templates: {{wp}} Head templates: {{en-noun|onia}} onium (plural onia)
  1. (physics) The bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle. Categories (topical): Physics Derived forms: -onium Related terms: positronium, muononium, tauonium, toponium Translations (bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle): オニウム (oniumu) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-onium-en-noun-s~W~Zy~6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Exotic atoms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 40 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 36 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 40 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Exotic atoms: 34 35 31 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "word": "onium"
}

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