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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Of or pertaining to the dependence of certain molecular properties upon the relative nuclear geometry in a given electron state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h1ey- Proto-Indo-European *h1éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic English stereoelectronic From stereo- + electronic.
