A method of indicating the assignment of valence electrons in an atom, molecule, or ion by representing them as dots placed around symbols, which represent the cores, or kernels, of the atoms. (Whitten KW, Davis RE, Davis E, Peck LM, Stanley GG (2003) General chemistry. Brookes/Cole, New York)
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Lewis Structure. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_6885
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