Definitions For Onium

Etymology 1

{{wp, onium compound}} From ammonium.

Noun

ONIUM (plural ONIUMs) (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families (chemistry) any organic derivative of these compounds

Translations

Chinese: : Cantonese: 鎓}}, {{t, yue, 𬭩 (jung1) : Mandarin: 鎓, 𬭩, tr=wēng Japanese: オニウム (oniumu) Korean: 오늄

See also

ammonium arsonium bismuthonium bromonium chloronium fluoronium iodonium oxonium phosphonium selenonium stibonium sulfonium / sulphonium telluronium

Etymology 2

{{wp}} See w:muonium#nomenclature, muonium#nomenclature.

Noun

{{en-noun, onia}} (physics) the bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle

Derived terms

-onium

Related terms

positronium muononium tauonium toponium

Translations

Japanese: オニウム (oniumu)

Is Onium a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
10

The word Onium is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Look up a Word

Search the dictionary for definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, and more!

Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/