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Onium vs Omnium - What's the difference?

onium | omnium |

As nouns the difference between onium and omnium

is that onium is (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families or onium can be (physics) the bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle while omnium is (cycling) a multiple race event in track cycling historically the omnium has had a variety of formats currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.

onium

English

Noun

(onium compound) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families
  • (chemistry) any organic derivative of these compounds
  • See also

    *ammonium *arsonium *bismuthonium *bromonium *chloronium *fluoronium *iodonium *oxonium *phosphonium *selenonium *stibonium *sulfonium / sulphonium *telluronium

    Noun

    (onium) (onia)
  • (physics) the bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle
  • Derived terms

    * -onium, suffix of onia

    omnium

    English

    (wikipedia omnium)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cycling) A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
  • (finance) The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.
  • (rfquotek, M'Culloch)
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