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electron pairs

electron pairs is the plural of electron pair.

Meaning of electron pair

Noun

electron pair (plural electron pairs)

  1. Two electrons having opposite spin but all other quantum numbers the same; i.e. two electrons in the same atomic orbital or molecular orbital, especially such electrons that function in concert to form a covalent bond

Questions about electron pairs

What is electron pairs the plural of?
Electron pairs is the plural of electron pair.

Words near electron pairs in the dictionary

  1. electron neutrino
  2. electron neutrinos
  3. electron number
  4. electron numbers
  5. electron pair
  6. electron pairs
  7. electron paramagnetic resonance
  8. electron shell
  9. electron shells
  10. electron spin resonance
  11. electron spin resonances

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