onium
- Noun. (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families.
- Noun. (chemistry) any organic derivative of these compounds.
- Noun. (physics) the bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle.
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