Question

What is the meaning of electronegativity

Answer 1

Electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom or a functional group to attract electrons toward itself. The electronegativity of an atom is affected by both its atomic number and the distance that its valence electrons reside from the charged nuclei.

Answer 2

Electronegativity is the ability of an atom to attract the shared pair of electrons towards itself *in a molecule*