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ELECTROVALENT BOND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electrovalent bond mean?
• ELECTROVALENT BOND (noun)
The noun ELECTROVALENT BOND has 1 sense:
1. a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
Familiarity information: ELECTROVALENT BOND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
electrostatic bond; electrovalent bond; ionic bond
Hypernyms ("electrovalent bond" is a kind of...):
bond; chemical bond (an electrical force linking atoms)
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