Animosity

[Fr. animosité, from Lat. an i mos it as.] Vehemence of hatred; pa ionate malignity. It implies rather the disposition to break out into outrages than the outrage itself. An'ion, n [Gr. ano , upwards, and io , I go.] (Chem.) When a substance is decomposed by the galvanic battery, the elements into which it is resolved are termed ions; the element going to the anode is an electro-negative body, or an - ion, while the element which proceeds to the cathode is an electro-positive, or cat - ion . When water is decomposed, oxygen is attracted by the positive plus, or zinc pole, or anode, and is therefore the anion, or electro-negative body; while hydrogen, going to the cathode minus, or negative pole, is the cation.