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monoanion

monoanion noun: any anion carrying a single negative charge.

Noun

monoanion (plural monoanions)

  1. Any anion carrying a single negative charge.
    • The monoanion and dianion states are both potentially relevant at biological pH. The dianion strongly absorbs photons at 480 nm and gives a strong emission peak at 517 nm.2015 December 12, “A pH Sensitive High-Throughput Assay for miRNA Binding of a Peptide-Aminoglycoside (PA) Library”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of monoanion

pluralmonoanions

Origin of monoanion

From mono- + anion.

Questions about monoanion

What does monoanion mean?
Monoanion means any anion carrying a single negative charge.
What part of speech is monoanion?
Monoanion is a noun.
What is the plural of monoanion?
The plural of monoanion is monoanions.

Words near monoanion in the dictionary

  1. monoanaesthesia
  2. monoandrous
  3. monoandry
  4. monoanhydride
  5. monoanhydrides
  6. monoanion
  7. monoanionic
  8. monoanions
  9. monoantennary
  10. monoantibodies
  11. monoantibody

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