polycation

any cation having more than one positive charge

Noun

  1. any cation having more than one positive charge

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English cation English polycation From poly- + cation.

Forms

polycations

Related

polyanion polyion

Derived

polycationic