Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

london dispersion force

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: lon-don dis-per-sion -force
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A weak kind of intermolecular force acting between atoms and molecules that are normally electrically symmetric, i.e. having the electrons symmetrically distributed with respect to the nucleus. Such forces are part of the van der Waals forces.

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Fritz London.

Inflected Forms

London dispersion forces (plural)

Synonyms

LDF

Questions

What does london dispersion force mean?: A weak kind of intermolecular force acting between atoms and molecules that are normally electrically symmetric, i.e. having the electrons symmetrically distributed with respect to the nucleus. Such forces are part of the van der Waals forces.
Where does london dispersion force come from?: Named after the German physicist Fritz London.

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