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covalence

/kəʊˈveɪ.ləns/

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noun

/kəʊˈveɪ.ləns/C1formalscientific
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее тип химической связи, характеризующийся общими электронными парами между атомами, а именно количество электронных пар, которыми атом может обмениваться в соединении.

A noun referring to the type of chemical bonding characterized by the sharing of electron pairs between atoms, specifically the number of electron pairs an atom can share in a compound.

uncountable

  1. Chemical bonding propertyC1formalscientific

    The number of electron pairs an atom can share with other atoms, forming covalent bonds.

    ruКовалентность

    • Carbon has a covalence of four, allowing it to form stable organic molecules.
    • The covalence of an element determines how many covalent bonds it can form.
    • Understanding covalence is essential for predicting molecular structures.

    Synonymscovalency

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  • covalence's possessive singular form