HyperDic: electrovalent_bond

English > 1 sense of the expression electrovalent bond:
NOUNphenomenonelectrovalent bond, ionic bond, electrostatic bonda 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
English > electrovalent bond: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsionic bond, electrostatic bond
Broaderchemical bond, bondAn electrical force linking atoms

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