Associations to the word «Electronegativity»

Wiktionary

ELECTRONEGATIVITY, noun. The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds

Dictionary definition

ELECTRONEGATIVITY, noun. (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats