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COVALENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
Synonyms:
covalence; covalency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("covalence" is a kind of...):
valence; valency ((chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent))
Derivation:
covalent (of or relating to or characterized by covalence)
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