e|lec|tro|lyte

e|lec|tro|lyte
e|lec|tro|lyte «ih LEHK truh lyt», noun.
1. a chemical compound whose water solution will conduct an electric current; chemical compound that ionizes. Acids, bases, and salts are electrolytes. »

Electrolytes…may be defined as compounds which when molten or when in solution conduct the electric current and are decomposed by it (Monroe M. Offner).

2. a solution that will conduct an electric current.
[< electro- + Greek lytós loosed]

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