Usually means: Number of nearest neighboring atoms.
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  1. coordination number: Merriam-Webster
  2. coordination number: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coordination number: Collins English Dictionary
  4. coordination number: Wiktionary
  5. coordination number: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. coordination number: Dictionary.com
  7. Coordination number: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. coordination number: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coordination number: Encyclopedia

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Coordination Number: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  3. Coordination Number: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Definitions from Wiktionary (coordination number)

noun:  (chemistry) The number of other atoms surrounding an atom in a molecule
noun:  (inorganic chemistry) The number of ligands surrounding a central metal atom in a coordination compound

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