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coordination numbers

coordination numbers is the plural of coordination number.

Meaning of coordination number

Noun

coordination number (plural coordination numbers)

  1. The number of other atoms surrounding an atom in a molecule
  2. The number of ligands surrounding a central metal atom in a coordination compound

Questions about coordination numbers

What is coordination numbers the plural of?
Coordination numbers is the plural of coordination number.

Words near coordination numbers in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coordination numbers (page history and authors); coordination number (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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