Usually means: Electrons paired without bonding function.
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  1. lone pair: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. lone pair: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lone pair: Wiktionary
  4. Lone pair: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (lone pair)

▸ noun:  (chemistry) A pair of electrons in the valence shell of an atom that does not participate in bonding.

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free electron, monovacancy, lone wolf, oneling, bondlessness, singleton, onliness, loner, onesome, lonesomeness, more...



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