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  a suffix used in the names of subatomic particles (gluon; meson; neutron), quanta (graviton), and other minimal ent-ties or components (cistron; codon; magneton; photon). -on2 a suffix used in the naming of inert gaseous elements: neon. origin -on suffix indicating a chemical substance interferon, parathion (in physics) indicating an elementary particle or quantum electron, photon […]

• -one

  a suffix used in the names of ketones and -n-logous chemical compounds: lactone; quinone. -one suffix indicating that a chemical compound is a ketone acetone word origin arbitrarily from greek -ōnē, feminine patronymic suffix, but perhaps influenced by -one in ozone -one suff. a ketone: acetone. a compound that contains oxygen, especially in a carbonyl […]

• -onic

  a suffix used in forming names of acids, especially carboxylic acids obtained by oxidation of aldoses: gluconic acid.

• -onium

  chemistry a suffix used in the names of complex cations: oxonium. -onium suff. containing a positively charged radical: carbonium.

• -onym

  a combining form of greek origin, meaning “word,” “name”: pseudonym. -onym combining form indicating a name or word acronym, pseudonym word origin from greek -onumon, from onuma, doric variant of onoma name

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