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ionic compound

ionic compound noun: a chemical compound consisting of cations and anions held together by electrostatic forces.

Noun

ionic compound (plural ionic compounds)

  1. A chemical compound consisting of cations and anions held together by electrostatic forces.
    • 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.https://courses.lumenlearning.com/introchem/chapter/formulas-of-ionic-compounds/, Lumen

Forms of ionic compound

pluralionic compounds

Questions about ionic compound

What does ionic compound mean?
Ionic compound means a chemical compound consisting of cations and anions held together by electrostatic forces.
What part of speech is ionic compound?
Ionic compound is a noun.
What is the plural of ionic compound?
The plural of ionic compound is ionic compounds.

Words near ionic compound in the dictionary

  1. Ionian Sea
  2. Ionians
  3. ionic
  4. ionic bond
  5. ionic bonds
  6. ionic compound
  7. ionic compounds
  8. ionic crystal
  9. ionic crystals
  10. Ionic Greek
  11. ionic liquid

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