ionic compound

English

Noun

ionic compound (plural ionic compounds)

  1. (chemistry) A chemical compound consisting of cations and anions held together by electrostatic forces.
    • , Lumen:
      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.
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