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electrolyte

electrolyte

See also: électrolyte

English

Noun

electrolyte ‎(plural electrolytes)

(chemistry) A substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity.
(physiology) Any of the various ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes.

Translations

substance that ionizes and conducts electricity

Catalan: electròlit m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電解質 (zh), 电解质 (zh) ‎(diànjiězhì)
Esperanto: elektrolito
Estonian: elektrolüüt
Finnish: elektrolyytti (fi)
French: électrolyte (fr) m
German: Elektrolyt (de) m
Greek: ηλεκτρολύτης (el) m ‎(ilektrolýtis)
Hungarian: elektrolit (hu)

Icelandic: rafklofi m, rafvaki m, raflausn f
Ido: elektrolito (io)
Italian: elettrolito m, elettrolita (it) m
Japanese: 電解液 ‎(でんかいえき, denkaieki), 電解質 (ja) ‎(でんかいしつ, denkaishitsu)
Manx: lectrolyte m
Portuguese: eletrólito m
Romanian: electrolit (ro) m
Russian: электроли́т (ru) m ‎(elektrolít)
Spanish: electrolito m, electrólito m
Tagalog: dagilusaw
Turkish: elektrolit (tr)

ion that regulates the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes

Finnish: elektrolyytti (fi)
Italian: elettrolito m, elettrolita (it) m
Manx: lectrolyte m

Portuguese: eletrólito m
Spanish: electrolito m, electrólito m
Tagalog: dagilusaw

Related terms

electrolytic