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carbonium definition

car·bo·nium (kär bō′nē əm)

noun

a transient, positively charged organic ion, as HC, R, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical

Etymology: carb(o)- + (amm)onium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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