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10 Language-to-English DictionariesElectronegativity
/ɪˌlɛk.trəʊˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪv.ə.ti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract electrons towards itself in a covalent bond.
"Fluorine has the highest electronegativity of all elements on the periodic table." - 2
The quantitative measure of the power of an atom or group to attract electrons from other parts of a molecule.
"Differences in electronegativity between bonded atoms determine the polarity of a chemical bond."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'electron' (ultimately from Greek 'ēlektron', meaning amber) and 'negativity', coined in the 20th century to describe the chemical property. The term gained widespread scientific prominence through the work of chemist Linus Pauling in the 1930s when developing his scale of atomic properties.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Electronegativity" is said worldwide
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électronégativité
Transliteration: é-lec-tro-né-ga-ti-vi-té
"L'électronégativité varie à travers le tableau périodique."
Elektronegativität
Transliteration: e-lek-tro-ne-ga-ti-vi-tät
"Die Elektronegativität bestimmt die Polarität einer Bindung."
elettronegatività
Transliteration: el-let-tro-ne-ga-ti-vi-tà
"L'elettronegatività è una proprietà fondamentale degli atomi."
electronegatividad
Transliteration: e-lec-tro-ne-ga-ti-vi-dad
"La electronegatividad ayuda a predecir el tipo de enlace químico."
eletronegatividade
Transliteration: e-le-tro-ne-ga-ti-vi-da-de
"A eletronegatividade do oxigênio é bastante alta."
विद्युतऋणात्मकता
Transliteration: vidyut-rinatmakata
"आवर्त सारणी में विद्युतऋणात्मकता बाएं से दाएं बढ़ती है।"
电负性
Transliteration: diàn fù xìng
"氟是电负性最强的元素。"
전음성
Transliteration: jeon-eum-seong
"전기음성도 차이는 화학 결합의 성질을 결정합니다."
電気陰性度
Transliteration: denki-insei-do
"電気陰性度の違いにより結合の極性が生じます。"
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