Particle that may be negative (3)

I believe the answer is:

ion

(Other definitions for ion that I've seen before include "Eletrically charged particle" , "Electrically charged particle" , "Subatomic particle" , "Electrically-charged particle" , "Particle (phys.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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