CATION
\kˈata͡ɪən], \kˈataɪən], \k_ˈa_t_aɪ_ə_n]\
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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In electrolysis, an electropositive element or radicle, one that tends to accumulate at the negative pole. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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