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coordination number

American  

noun

Crystallography.

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

coordination number British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of coordination number

First recorded in 1905–10

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