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What do you mean by electronegativity ?​

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Electronegativity is the atomvs ability to attract shared electrons to itself.

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Electronegativity is a measure of an atom's ability to attract shared electrons to itself. On the periodic table, electronegativity generally increases as you move from left to right across a period and decreases as you move down a group.

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