MatSci-SAMhttps://w3id.org/matsci-sam/vocabulary/id4/coordination_environment/definitions/3The spatial arrangement, number, and types of neighboring atoms or ligands that immediately surround a central atom within a crystal lattice or molecular complex.
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The Added: spatial arrangementRemoved: of atomsAdded: , number, and types of neighboring atoms or ligands that immediately surroundRemoved: ing a central atom Added: within a crystalRemoved: line structureAdded: lattice or molecular complex.
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