Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gegenion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gege-nion
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A counterion: an ion of opposite charge to another in an electrochemical or ion transport system.

Etymology

From the German gegen (“against”) + ion.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: gegen

Inflected Forms

gegenions (plural)

Questions

What does gegenion mean?: A counterion: an ion of opposite charge to another in an electrochemical or ion transport system.
Where does gegenion come from?: It is traced to German.

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