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sulfonium

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[suhl-foh-nee-uhm] / sʌlˈfoʊ ni əm /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.


Etymology

Origin of sulfonium

First recorded in 1890–95; sulf(ur) + (amm)onium

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