coordination number

noun Crystallography.

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

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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