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# electrolyte

«electrolyte» in Mova's school dictionary: **A liquid or paste that lets electricity pass through it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an electrolyte, electrolytes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (science) A liquid or paste that lets electricity pass through it because it has ions (charged particles) in it, as in a battery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrolyte/#m1)

2) (health) Salts in your body and in sports drinks, like sodium and potassium, that help your muscles and nerves work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrolyte/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In chemistry lessons, electrolytes are used in electrolysis and batteries; in health and sport, after sweating or being ill you may need to replace electrolytes with drinks; phrases: «electrolyte drink», «battery electrolyte».

### examples

- Salty water is an electrolyte, so it conducts electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrolyte/#x1)
- Sports drinks contain electrolytes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrolyte/#x2)
- The battery's electrolyte lets the current flow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrolyte/#x3)
- When you have a tummy bug, the doctor may suggest an electrolyte drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrolyte/#x4)
- We used salt water as the electrolyte in our experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrolyte/#x5)
- Pure water is a poor electrolyte. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrolyte/#x6)

### note

Countable. Pronounced e-LEK-tro-lite. Related: electrolysis (splitting a compound with electricity). Safety: battery electrolytes can be acid and burn skin.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «electrolyte» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrolyte/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.