ligand
/ˈlɪɡ.ənd/US/ˈlɪɡ.ənd/
ligand noun: such an entity that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex.
Noun
ligand (plural ligands)
- Such an entity that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex.
- Such an entity that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose.
- A letter that orthography requires or allows to be ligated with one or more other letters to form a ligature, such as a in æ or o in œ.
ligand meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ligand in Hindi
- लिगैंड, लिगेंड
ligand in Tamil
- something that binds to another chemical entity
- ஈந்தணைவி īntaṇaivi
ligand in Marathi
- लिगँड, लिगांड, लिगंड
ligand in Urdu
- لیگنڈ, لیگینڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- ligand in Bengali
- লিগ্যান্ড ligênḍ
- ligand in Telugu
- లిగాండ్, లిగండ్
- ligand in Malayalam
- ലിഗാൻഡ്, ലിഗൻഡ്, ലിഗാന്റ്
- ligand in Kannada
- ಲಿಗಾಂಡ್, ಲಿಗಂಡ್, ಲಿಗ್ಯಾಂಡ್
- ligand in Punjabi
- ਲਿਗੈਂਡ, ਲਿਗੰਡ
- ligand in Gujarati
- લિગાન્ડ, લિગન્ડ
- ligand in Odia
- ଲିଗାଣ୍ଡ, ଲିଗାନ୍ଡ, ଲିଗାଣ୍ଡ୍
- ligand in Nepali
- लिग्यान्ड, लिगान्ड, लिगन्ड
- ligand in Arabic
- ربيطة rabita
- ligand in Malay
- ligan
- ligand in Indonesian
- ligan
- ligand in Persian
- لیگاند
- ligand in Thai
- ลิแกนด์ lí-gaen
- ligand in Vietnamese
- phối tử
Examples of ligand in a sentence
- The trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands.
- Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.
- The cis effect is the labilization of ligands which are cis to certain other ligands.
Forms of ligand
| plural | ligands |
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Origin of ligand
Borrowed from Latin ligandus, gerundive of ligo (“bind”).
Words formed from ligand
- backbonding ligand
- bidentate ligand
- biligand
- bioligand
- bisligand
- bridging ligand
- coligand
- counterligand
- glycoligand
- heteroligand
- homoligand
- immunoligand
- interligand
- intraligand
- ligandable
- liganded
- ligand field theory
- ligandin
- liganding
- ligandless
- ligandlike
- ligandome
- ligandomic
- ligandomics
- macroligand
- monodentate ligand
- multidentate ligand
- multiligand
- neuroligand
- nonligand
- phospholigand
- postligand
- proligand
- pseudoligand
- radioligand
- sialoligand
- unliganded
Words that rhyme with ligand
Questions about ligand
- What does ligand mean?
- Ligand means such an entity that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex.
- What is ligand in Hindi?
- Ligand in Hindi is लिगैंड, लिगेंड. See Ligand meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ligand?
- Ligand is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ligand?
- Ligand is pronounced /ˈlɪɡ.ənd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ligand?
- The plural of ligand is ligands.
Words near ligand in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ligand (page history and authors); ligand (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ligand (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ligand (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ligand (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ligand (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ligand (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ligand (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ligand (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ligand (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ligand (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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