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coordination compounds

coordination compounds is the plural 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).

Questions about coordination compounds

What is coordination compounds the plural of?
Coordination compounds is the plural of coordination compound.

Words near coordination compounds in the dictionary

  1. coordination
  2. coordination chemistry
  3. coordination complex
  4. coordination complexes
  5. coordination compound
  6. coordination compounds
  7. coordination number
  8. coordination numbers
  9. coordinational
  10. coordinations
  11. coordinative

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