ANION Synonyms

• (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element

• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

• a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device

• the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current

• a positively charged ion

• any compound containing a chlorine atom

• any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)

• a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit

• an elementary particle with negative charge

• a salt of any halogen acid

• a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons

• characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

• expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

• not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

• reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

• a reply of denial

• a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

• having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant

• less than zero

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

• having a negative charge

• involving disadvantage or harm

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

• characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

• indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

• of or relating to positivism

• reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion

• the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

• a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

• persuaded of; very sure

• involving advantage or good

• formally laid down or imposed

• impossible to deny or disprove

• greater than zero

• having a positive charge

• marked by excessive confidence

• (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate

• (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)