English Explanatory Dictionary

van der Waals radius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

van der Waals radius van der Waals radii

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.

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