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Topic: CHEMISTRY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Greek
Origin: , present participle of ienai 'to go'

ion

 noun
     
i‧on [countable] technical
HCHP an atom which has been given a positive or negative force by adding or taking away an electron
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