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lone pair

pair of valence electrons that are not shared with another atom; concept used in valence shell electron pair repulsion theory (VSEPR theory) which explains the shapes of molecules
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lone pair

Summary

lone pair ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lone pair's subclass of is recorded as group of 2[2].
  • lone pair's subclass of is recorded as electron pair[3].
  • lone pair's Commons category is recorded as Lone pair[4].
  • lone pair's has part is recorded as valence electron[5].
  • lone pair's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/021b_s[6].
  • lone pair's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/lone-pair[7].
  • lone pair's different from is recorded as electron pair[8].
  • lone pair's studied by is recorded as VSEPR theory[9].
  • lone pair's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 133422[10].
  • lone pair's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 46000676[11].
  • lone pair's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C46000676[12].

Why It Matters

lone pair ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). lone pair. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lone-pair
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lone-pair_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lone pair}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lone-pair}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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