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Lewis base

Lewis base noun: any nucleophilic compound that can donate a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond.

Noun

Lewis base (plural Lewis bases)

  1. Any nucleophilic compound that can donate a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond.
    Antonyms:
    Lewis acid

Lewis base meaning in Tamil

Lewis base in Tamil

லூயிஸ் காரம்

Antonyms of Lewis base

Forms of Lewis base

pluralLewis bases

Origin of Lewis base

Named after Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist.

Questions about Lewis base

What does Lewis base mean?
Lewis base means any nucleophilic compound that can donate a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond.
What is Lewis base in Tamil?
Lewis base in Tamil is லூயிஸ் காரம். See Lewis base meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Lewis base?
Lewis base is a noun.
What is the plural of Lewis base?
The plural of Lewis base is Lewis bases.

Words near Lewis base in the dictionary

  1. lewis
  2. Lewis acid
  3. Lewis acids
  4. Lewis and Clark County
  5. Lewis and Harris
  6. Lewis base
  7. Lewis bases
  8. Lewis Center
  9. Lewis Cliff
  10. Lewis County
  11. Lewis flax

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lewis base (page history and authors); lewis base (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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