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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An electron in an outer shell of an atom that can participate in forming chemical bonds with other atoms.
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- noun chemistry any of the electrons in the
outermost shell of anatom ; capable of formingbonds with other atoms
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- noun an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules
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