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Definition of Cation
1. Noun. A positively charged ion.
Definition of Cation
1. n. An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion.
Definition of Cation
1. Noun. (chemistry) A positively charged ion—opposed to anion. ¹
2. Noun. (chemistry) The ion in an electrolyzed solution that migrates to the cathode. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cation
1. a positively charged ion [n -S] : CATIONIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Cation
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cation
Literary usage of Cation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The immediate precursor of the cation is the free radical. The vertical transition
from radical to cation occurs over an interval of ~10~1S sec,*4'" ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Hence the whole increase in the amount of the cation, free and combined, due to
electrolysis is — equivalent. In the portion containing the anode we shall ..."
3. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"... a cordial attention to the common edifi cation of the. Church. Let this, then,
be our rule for ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"The edu- CHAP. cation of youth and the revival of learning were the most l<x"
serious objects of his care; and without deciding the precedency, ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"cation of some atmospheric changes, and so will a long strip of a common seaweed
hung up dry in a passage, but the nomenclature of a weather-gauge with the ..."
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