Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ionic compound

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: ion-ic -com-pound
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical compound consisting of cations and anions held together by electrostatic forces.

Example Sentences

"When writing the formula for the ionic compound, the cation comes first, followed by the anion, both with numeric subscripts to indicate the number of atoms of each."

Inflected Forms

ionic compounds (plural)

Questions

What does ionic compound mean?: A chemical compound consisting of cations and anions held together by electrostatic forces.

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