electronegativity

1. 1.

   (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond

   Synonymsnegativity

   Broadertendency

   chemistry

Other forms of electronegativity

plural

electronegativities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about electronegativity

What does electronegativity mean?

electronegativity means "(chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond".

How many syllables are in electronegativity?

electronegativity has 8 syllables: e-lec-tro-ne-ga-ti-vi-ty. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for electronegativity?

Close synonyms include negativity. 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 electronegativity a common word?

electronegativity 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.