Meaning | An electrical force linking atoms. |
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Synonym | bond |
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Narrower | covalent bond | A chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule |
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cross-link, cross-linkage | A side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule |
hydrogen bond | A chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond |
ionic bond, electrovalent bond, electrostatic bond | 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 |
metallic bond | A chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs |
peptide bond, peptide linkage | The primary linkage of all protein structures |
Broader | attraction, attractive force | The force by which one object attracts another |
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Spanish | enlace, enlace químico |
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Catalan | enllaç químic |
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