The mechanism of action of probiotics (e.g., having an impact on the intestinal microbiota or enhancing immune function) was dropped from the definition to encompass health effects due to novel mechanisms and to allow application of the term before the mechanism is confirmed.
Noun. 1. electronegativity - (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond. negativity.
Electronegativity is the ability of an atom or molecule to attract electrons. Electronegativity is a measure of the ability of an atom in a molecule to attract the shared pair or bonding pair of electron towards itself..he electronegativity of atoms increases as we move from left to right across a period in the periodic table. As we move from left to right across a period the nuclear charge is increasing faster than the electron shielding, so the attraction that the atoms have for the valence electrons increases.