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Noun. 1. electronegativity - (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond. negativity.
The electronegativity value for carbon we've seen is 2.5. We need to go back up to our periodic table to find the electronegativity value for lithium. So I go up here, and I find lithium in group one of my periodic table has an electronegativity value of 1. So I go back down here, and I go ahead and put in a 1. And so that's a difference in electronegativity of 1.5.