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ammonium
| ammonium alum
| ammonium carbamate
| ammonium carbonate
| ammonium chloride
| ammonium hydroxide
ammonium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ammonium has 1 sense
- ammonium(n = noun.substance) ammonium ion - the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion; Array is a kind of ammonia
Derived form verb ammonify1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ammonium, n. [See Ammonia.].
A compound radical, NH4 , having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ammonium, n. the univalent ion NH4+, formed from ammonia.
Etymology
mod.L (as AMMONIA)
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