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cation

ion with a positive charge
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cation

Summary

cation is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. cation draws 330 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #134 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • cation's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • cation is a type of ion[4].
  • cation is part of cation binding[5].
  • cation is part of cation transmembrane transport[6].
  • cation is part of cation transport[7].
  • cation is part of cation transmembrane transporter activity[8].
  • cation is part of solute:cation antiporter activity[9].
  • cation is part of calcium:cation antiporter activity[10].
  • cation is part of cellular cation homeostasis[11].
  • cation is part of cation homeostasis[12].
  • cation's Commons category is recorded as Cations[13].
  • cation is the opposite of anion[14].
  • cation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cations[15].

Why It Matters

cation draws 330 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #134 of 1,029).[2] cation has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] cation is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Compendium of Chemical Terminology. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An extracellular cation coordination site influences ion conduction of OsHKT2;2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → ion
    Instance of → —
    Opposite of → anion
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27230, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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