electronegativity

English

Etymology

electro- +‎ negativity

Pronunciation

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Noun

electronegativity (plural electronegativities)

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

Related terms

• electronegative
• electropositivity

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