English Explanatory Dictionary

ligand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A molecule or moiety (ion, functional group, or radical) that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex; as, especially:
  2. Such an entity that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex.
  3. Such an entity that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose.
  4. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪɡ.ənd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ligand.wav /ˈlaɪ.ɡənd/

Word forms

ligand ligands

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ligandus, gerundive of ligo (“bind”).

Related words

coordination compound

Derived words

backbonding ligand bidentate ligand biligand bioligand bisligand bridging ligand coligand counterligand glycoligand heteroligand homoligand immunoligand interligand intraligand ligandable liganded ligand field theory ligandin liganding ligandless ligandlike ligandome ligandomic ligandomics macroligand monodentate ligand multidentate ligand multiligand neuroligand nonligand phospholigand postligand proligand pseudoligand radioligand sialoligand unliganded

Translations

Arabic: ربيطة Bengali: লিগ্যান্ড Catalan: lligand Chinese Mandarin: 配體 /配体 Finnish: ligandi French: ligand Galician: ligando German: Ligand Hebrew: ליגנד Hungarian: ligandum Ido: ligando Indonesian: ligan Irish: liogann Italian: ligando Italian: legante Japanese: 配位子 Japanese: リガンド Kazakh: лиганд Khmer: លីកង់ Korean: 리간드 Malay: ligan Persian: لیگاند Polish: ligand Polish: addend Portuguese: ligando Portuguese: ligante Russian: лига́нд Serbo-Croatian: лига̀нди Serbo-Croatian: ligàndi Spanish: ligando Swedish: ligand Tamil: ஈந்தணைவி Thai: ลิแกนด์ Ukrainian: ліга́нд Vietnamese: phối tử
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