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adjective
Physical Chemistry
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containing no permanently dipolar molecules; lacking a dipole.
Origin:
1890–95;
non-
+
polar
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nonpolar
adjective
not ionic; "a nonionic substance" [syn:
nonionic
] [ant:
ionic
]
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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