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coordination number

noun Crystallography.

the number of anions surrounding a single cation in a stable crystal structure.

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Nearby words

  1. coordinated universal time,
  2. coordinates,
  3. coordinating conjunction,
  4. coordination,
  5. coordination compound,
  6. coordinator,
  7. coorg,
  8. coorie,
  9. coos,
  10. coos bay

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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