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- noun chemistry any
cation having more than onepositive charge
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Examples
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Increasing the charge increases the elasticity and tensile strength, because the adhesion between the polycation-coated platelets is stronger.
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The first component is a linear, cyclodextrin-containing polycation that, when mixed with small interfering RNA (siRNA), binds to the anionic "backbone" of the siRNA.
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