"ligand" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪɡ.ənd/ [UK], /ˈlɪɡ.ənd/ [US], /ˈlaɪ.ɡənd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ligand.wav Forms: ligands [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡənd Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ligandus, gerundive of ligo (“bind”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ligandus}} Latin ligandus 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
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  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-uEb2hLc4 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)

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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pèitǐ",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "配体"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "ligandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ligand"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ligando"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ligand"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ligand",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ליגנד"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "ligandum"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "ligando"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "ligan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liogann"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ligando"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legante"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はいいし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haiishi",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "配位子"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rigando",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "リガンド"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ligand",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "лиганд"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "liikɑng",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "លីកង់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rigandeu",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "리간드"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "ligan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "لیگاند"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ligando"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ligante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ligánd",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лига́нд"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лига̀нди"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ligàndi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ligando"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ligand"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "īntaṇaivi",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "ஈந்தணைவி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lí-gaen",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "ลิแกนด์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lihánd",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ліга́нд"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "something that binds to another chemical entity",
      "word": "phối tử"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ligand"
  ],
  "word": "ligand"
}

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