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coordination complex

coordination complex is the alternative form of coordination compound.

Meaning of coordination compound

Noun

coordination compound (plural coordination compounds)

  1. Any of a class of compounds in which a central metal atom (normally a transition element) is surrounded by a group of ions or molecules (ligands).

Forms of coordination complex

pluralcoordination complexes

Questions about coordination complex

What is coordination complex the alternative form of?
Coordination complex is the alternative form of coordination compound.

Words near coordination complex in the dictionary

  1. coordinating conjunction
  2. coordinating conjunctions
  3. coordinatingly
  4. coordination
  5. coordination chemistry
  6. coordination complex
  7. coordination complexes
  8. coordination compound
  9. coordination compounds
  10. coordination number
  11. coordination numbers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coordination complex (page history and authors); coordination compound (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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