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noun Crystallography.
the number of anions surrounding a single cation in a stable crystal structure.
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Origin of coordination number

First recorded in 1905–10
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British Dictionary definitions for coordination number

coordination number

noun
chem the number of coordinated species surrounding the central atom in a complex or crystal
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