covalent

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English

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Etymology

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From co- +‎ valent.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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covalent (comparative more covalent, superlative most covalent)

  1. (chemistry) Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. "valent" unprefixed seems to be vanishingly rare in nl

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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covalent (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) covalent

Declension

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Declension of covalent
uninflected covalent
inflected covalente
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial covalent
indefinite m./f. sing. covalente
n. sing. covalent
plural covalente
definite covalente
partitive covalents

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French

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Adjective

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covalent (feminine covalente, masculine plural covalents, feminine plural covalentes)

  1. (chemistry) covalent

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German kovalent.

Adjective

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covalent m or n (feminine singular covalentă, masculine plural covalenți, feminine and neuter plural covalente)

  1. covalent

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