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covalence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
co-va-lence
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms

noun

The number of electrons that a particular atom can share (and therefore the number of covalent bonds it can form)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English valence English covalence From co- + valence.

Inflected Forms

covalences (plural) covalency (alternative)

Derived Forms

ionocovalence

Synonyms

covalency

Questions

What does covalence mean?
A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms
Where does covalence come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English valence English covalence From co- + valence.

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