from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A negatively charged ion, especially the ion that migrates to an anode in electrolysis.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun In electricity, a term applied by Faraday to that element of an electrolyte which in electrochemical decompositions appears at the positive pole, or anode, as oxygen or chlorine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Chem.) An electro-negative atom or group of atoms, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation.
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noun An negatively charged ion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun a negatively charged ion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Greek, neuter present participle of anienai, to go up : ana-, ana- + ienai, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]
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The molecule is a chain of eight carbons and a single hydrogen called the octatetraynyl anion C8H¯.
The chemical conditions that define acidity are that acid anion concentrations (sulfate, nitrate, organic acids) are present in excess of concentrations of base cations (typically calcium or magnesium), the products of mineral weathering reactions that neutralize acidity in soil or rock.
But surely you understand that there is polarity in nature (cation/anion, stamen/pistil, male/female), a condition in which complimentary opposites exist in a synergistic fashion to produce and create.
Groundwater interactions with surface-water systems greatly influence water quality characteristics such as cation, anion, nutrient, and dissolved organic matter concentrations, and even the fate and behavior of toxic pollutants.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word anion
JM is not cooking up some anion soup!
December 10, 2010