COVALENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does covalence mean? 

• COVALENCE (noun)
  The noun COVALENCE has 1 sense:

1. valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share

  Familiarity information: COVALENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COVALENCE (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

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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

covalence; covalency

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)