coordination compound

1. 1.

   a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

   Synonymscomplex

   Broadercompound

   Narrowerhydrochloride

Questions about coordination compound

What does coordination compound mean?

coordination compound means "a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated".

What is another word for coordination compound?

Close synonyms include complex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coordination compound a common word?

coordination compound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.