We may say that a basic substance is one which has a lone pair of electrons which may be used to complete the stable group of another atom, and that an acid ...

We may say that a basic substance is one which has a lone pair of electrons which may be used to complete the stable group of another atom, and that an acid is one which can employ a lone pair from another molecule in completing the stable group of one of its own atoms.

quote by Gilbert Newton Lewis
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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