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van der Waals strain

van der Waals strain noun: the strain resulting from van der Waals repulsion when two substituents in a molecule approach each other with a distance less than the sum of their van der Waals radii.

Noun

van der Waals strain (uncountable)

  1. The strain resulting from van der Waals repulsion when two substituents in a molecule approach each other with a distance less than the sum of their van der Waals radii.

Questions about van der Waals strain

What does van der Waals strain mean?
Van der Waals strain means the strain resulting from van der Waals repulsion when two substituents in a molecule approach each other with a distance less than the sum of their van der Waals radii.
What part of speech is van der Waals strain?
Van der Waals strain is a noun.

Words near van der Waals strain in the dictionary

  1. van der Waals forces
  2. van der Waals gas
  3. van der Waals gases
  4. Van der Waals law
  5. van der Waals radius
  6. van der Waals strain
  7. van der Waals volume
  8. van der Waerden's theorem
  9. van der Woude syndrome
  10. Van Devender
  11. Van Devenders

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