theory of dissociation

1. 1.

   (chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions); the product of an acid and a base is a salt and water

   Synonymstheory of electrolytic dissociationArrhenius theory of dissociation

   Broaderscientific theory

   chemistry

Questions about theory of dissociation

What does theory of dissociation mean?

theory of dissociation means "(chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions); the product of an acid and a base is a salt and water".

What is another word for theory of dissociation?

Close synonyms include theory of electrolytic dissociation, Arrhenius theory of dissociation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is theory of dissociation a common word?

theory of dissociation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.