"covalent" meaning in English

See covalent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəʊˈveɪ.lənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /koʊˈveɪ.lənt/ [General-American], /kəʉˈvæɪ.lənt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-covalent.ogg Forms: more covalent [comparative], most covalent [superlative]
enPR: kōvā'lənt Etymology: From co- + valent. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|valent}} co- + valent Head templates: {{en-adj}} covalent (comparative more covalent, superlative most covalent)
  1. (chemistry) Containing or characterized by a covalent bond. Categories (topical): Chemistry Derived forms: bicovalent, covalent compound, covalently, ionocovalent, monocovalent, noncovalent, pentacovalent Related terms: covalency, covalence Translations (containing or characterized by a covalent bond): covalent (Catalan), 共價的 /共价的 (Chinese Mandarin), 共價的 /共价的 (gòngjià de) (Chinese Mandarin), kovalentní (Czech), covalent (Dutch), kovalenta (Esperanto), kovalenttinen (Finnish), kovalens (Hungarian), covalente (Italian), kovalent (Norwegian Bokmål), kovalent (Norwegian Nynorsk), کووالانت (kovâlânt) (Persian), covalente (Portuguese), ковалентный (kovalentnyj) (Russian), covalente (Spanish), kovalent (Swedish), cofalent (Welsh)
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