Polarizability

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  • n. The relative tendency of a system of electric charges to become polarized in the presence of an external electric field
  • Word Usage
    "The polarizability of atoms scales inversely with the charge density, thus hydrogen could get pretty close to a neutral molecule before the dispersion forces took over."
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