"ligand" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɪɡ.ənd/ [UK], /ˈlɪɡ.ənd/ [US], /ˈlaɪ.ɡənd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ligand.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ligands [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡənd Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ligandus, gerundive of ligo (“bind”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ligandus}} Latin ligandus, {{m|la|ligo||bind}} ligo (“bind”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ligand (plural ligands)
  1. (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially:
    (coordination chemistry) Such an entity that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex.
    Tags: physical Categories (topical): Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Physical chemistry
    Sense id: en-ligand-en-noun-8ya-~MFk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 19 18 17 Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially:
    (biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, medicine) Such an entity that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose.
    Tags: physical Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Medicine, Organic chemistry, Pharmacology, Physical chemistry, Physiology
  3. (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially: Tags: physical Categories (topical): Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Physical chemistry
    Sense id: en-ligand-en-noun--ktCY2Ii Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  4. (typography) A letter that orthography requires or allows to be ligated with one or more other letters to form a ligature, such as a in æ or o in œ. Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-ligand-en-noun-F9KCa8tp Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: coordination compound Translations (something that binds to another chemical entity): ربيطة (rabita) [feminine] (Arabic), লিগ্যান্ড (ligênḍ) (Bengali), lligand [masculine] (Catalan), 配體 (Chinese Mandarin), 配体 (pèitǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ligandi (Finnish), ligand [masculine] (French), ligando [masculine] (Galician), Ligand [masculine] (German), ליגנד (ligand) [masculine] (Hebrew), ligandum (Hungarian), ligando (Ido), ligan (Indonesian), liogann [masculine] (Irish), ligando [masculine] (Italian), legante [masculine] (Italian), 配位子 (haiishi) (alt: はいいし) (Japanese), リガンド (rigando) (Japanese), лиганд (ligand) (Kazakh), លីកង់ (liikɑng) (Khmer), 리간드 (rigandeu) (Korean), ligan (Malay), لیگاند (Persian), ligando [masculine] (Portuguese), ligante [masculine] (Portuguese), лига́нд (ligánd) [masculine] (Russian), лига̀нди [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ligàndi [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ligando [masculine] (Spanish), ligand [common-gender] (Swedish), ஈந்தணைவி (īntaṇaivi) (Tamil), ลิแกนด์ (lí-gaen) (Thai), ліга́нд (lihánd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), phối tử (Vietnamese)

Noun [French]

Forms: ligands [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} ligand m (plural ligands)
  1. ligand Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ligand-fr-noun-wERHDlld Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "ligand m (plural ligands)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ligand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ligand",
          "ligand#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ligand"
}

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