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Meaning of van der Waals strain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The strain resulting from van der Waals repulsion when two substituents in a molecule approach each other with a distance less than the sum of their van der Waals radii.

uncountable

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

van der Waals volume van der Waerden's theorem van der Woude syndrome Van Devender Van Diemen's Land Van Diemonian

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