lone pair
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English
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Noun
[edit]lone pair (plural lone pairs)
- (chemistry) A pair of electrons in the valence shell of an atom that does not participate in bonding.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lone pair”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “lone pair”, in Collins English Dictionary.