hydrogen ion

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hydrogen, ion.: H⁻ or H⁺

2. A proton combined with one or more water molecules; usually written H₃O⁺ and called the hydronium ion though is best considered as H₉O₄⁺ but is often written H⁺_((aq)) for simplicity

3. A bare hydrogen nucleus; a proton, deuteron or triton

   a positively charged atom of hydrogen; that is to say, a normal hydrogen atomic nucleus

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