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(chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
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electronegativity
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n. (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond [syn: negativity ]
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n. the tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds
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Electronegativity , symbol χ , is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom or a functional group to attract electrons (or electron density ) towards itself. An atom's electronegativity is affected by both its atomic number and the distance ...