electronegativity

English

Etymology

electro- +‎ negativity

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Noun

electronegativity (plural electronegativities)

(chemistry) The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons when forming bonds.

Related terms

Translations

degree of electron attraction

Chinese:
Mandarin: 電負性／电负性 (zh) (diànfùxìng)
Finnish: elektronegatiivisuus (fi)
French: électronégativité (fr) f
Georgian: ელექტროუარყოფითობა (elekṭrouarq̇opitoba)
German: Elektronegativität (de) f
Hungarian: elektronegativitás (hu)
Indonesian: elektronegativitas
Irish: leictridhiúltacht f
Italian: elettronegatività (it) f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: электртерістілік (élektrterıstılık)
Malay: keelektronegatifan
Maori: tōrarotanga hiko
Polish: elektroujemność f
Portuguese: eletronegatividade (pt) f
Romanian: electronegativitate (ro) f
Russian: электроотрицательность (ru) f (elektrootricatelʹnostʹ)
Spanish: electronegatividad f
Swedish: elektronegativitet (sv) c
Tagalog: kadagibalingan

See also

Pauling scale
Mulliken scale

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