electronegativity

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Etymology

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French électro-bor.

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Latin electro-bor.

English electro-

English negative

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itās

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English negativity

English electronegativity

From electro- + negativity.

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Noun

electronegativity (plural electronegativities)

1. (chemistry) The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons when forming bonds.

Related terms

• electronegative
• electropositivity

Translations

degree of electron attraction

• Bulgarian: електроотрицателност f (elektrootricatelnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電負性 / 电负性 (zh) (diànfùxìng)

• Finnish: elektronegatiivisuus (fi)
• French: électronégativité (fr) f
• Georgian: ელექტროუარყოფითობა (elekṭrouarq̇opitoba)
• German: Elektronegativität (de) f
• Hungarian: elektronegativitás (hu)
• Indonesian: elektronegativitas
• Irish: leictridhiúltacht f
• Italian: elettronegatività (it) f
• Japanese: 電気陰性度 (ja) (でんきいんせいど, denkiinseido)
• Kazakh: электртерістілік (èlektrteristilik)
• Korean: 전기 음성도(電氣陰性度) (jeon'gi eumseongdo)
• Malay: keelektronegatifan
• Māori: tōrarotanga hiko
• Polish: elektroujemność (pl) f
• Portuguese: eletronegatividade (pt) f
• Romanian: electronegativitate (ro) f
• Russian: электроотрицательность (ru) f (elektrootricatelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: electronegatividad f
• Swedish: elektronegativitet (sv) c
• Tagalog: kadagibalingan

See also

• Pauling scale
• Mulliken scale