An electrically charged species, involving a molecular or parent ion, in which atoms
or groups of atoms have transferred from one portion of a molecule or molecular
moiety to another during the
ionizationfragmentation processes.
Source:
PAC, 1991, 63, 1541
(Recommendations for nomenclature and symbolism for mass spectroscopy (including an
appendix of terms used in vacuum technology). (Recommendations 1991))
on page 1550