THEORY OF DISSOCIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theory of dissociation mean? 

• THEORY OF DISSOCIATION (noun)
  The noun THEORY OF DISSOCIATION has 1 sense:

1. (chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions); the product of an acid and a base is a salt and water

  Familiarity information: THEORY OF DISSOCIATION used as a noun is very rare.

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• THEORY OF DISSOCIATION (noun)

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Meaning:

(chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions); the product of an acid and a base is a salt and water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Arrhenius theory of dissociation; theory of dissociation; theory of electrolytic dissociation

Hypernyms ("theory of dissociation" is a kind of...):

scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)