electrolyte

See also: électrolyte

English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ -lyte., from electrolysis.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɨˈlɛk.tɹɵˌlaɪt/

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.

Related terms

electrolytic

Translations

substance that ionizes and conducts electricity

Armenian: էլեկտրոլիտ (hy) (ēlektrolit)
Catalan: electròlit m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電解質 (zh), 电解质 (zh) (diànjiězhì)
Dhivehi: ކަރައިވަރު‎ (karaivaru)
Esperanto: elektrolito
Estonian: elektrolüüt
Finnish: elektrolyytti (fi)
French: électrolyte (fr) m
Georgian: ელექტროლიტი (elekṭroliṭi)
German: Elektrolyt (de) m
Greek: ηλεκτρολύτης (el) m (ilektrolýtis)
Gujarati: વિદ્યુતવિભાજ્ય (vidyutvibhājya)
Hindi: विद्युत अपघट्य (vidyut apghaṭya)
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)
Kazakh: электролит (élektrolït)
Korean: 전해질 (ko) (jeonhaejil, 電解質)
Manx: lectrolyte m
Maori: mehanga kawehiko
Northern Sami: elektrolyhtta
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

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