HYDROXIDE ION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroxide ion mean? 

• HYDROXIDE ION (noun)
  The noun HYDROXIDE ION has 1 sense:

1. the anion OH having one oxygen and one hydrogen atom

  Familiarity information: HYDROXIDE ION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROXIDE ION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The anion OH having one oxygen and one hydrogen atom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

hydroxide ion; hydroxyl ion

Hypernyms ("hydroxide ion" is a kind of...):

anion (a negatively charged ion)