Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

van der waals radius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: van der waal-s ra-dius
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The radius of an imaginary hard sphere representing the distance of closest approach from one atom to another.

Etymology

Named after Johannes Diderik van der Waals, the first to recognise that atoms were not simply points and to demonstrate the physical consequences of their size.

Inflected Forms

van der Waals radii (plural)

Questions

What does van der waals radius mean?: The radius of an imaginary hard sphere representing the distance of closest approach from one atom to another.
Where does van der waals radius come from?: Named after Johannes Diderik van der Waals, the first to recognise that atoms were not simply points and to demonstrate the physical consequences of their size.

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