covalent bond

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koʊveɪlənt bɒnd/

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Noun

covalent bond (plural covalent bonds)

1. (physical chemistry) A type of chemical bond where two atoms are connected to each other by the sharing of two or more electrons.

Derived terms

• coordinate covalent bond
• polar covalent bond

Translations

bond in which atoms are connected by shared pairs of electrons

• Afrikaans: kovalente binding
• Armenian: կովալենտ կապ (hy) (kovalent kap)
• Asturian: enllaz covalente m
• Azerbaijani: kovalent əlaqə
• Basque: lotura kobalente
• Belarusian: кавалентная сувязь f (kavaljentnaja suvjazʹ)
• Bengali: সমযোজী বন্ধ (śomjōji bondho)
• Bulgarian: ковалентна връзка f (kovalentna vrǎzka)
• Catalan: enllaç covalent m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共價鍵 / 共价键 (zh) (gòngjiàjiàn)

• Czech: kovalentní vazba f
• Danish: kovalent binding c
• Dutch: covalente binding
• Esperanto: kovalenta ligo
• Estonian: kovalentne side
• Finnish: kovalenttinen sidos (fi)
• French: liaison covalente (fr) f
• Galician: enlace covalente (gl) m
• Georgian: კოვალენტური ბმა (ḳovalenṭuri bma)
• German: kovalente Bindung f
• Greek: ομοιοπολικός δεσμός (el) m (omoiopolikós desmós)
• Gujarati: સહસંયોજક બંધ (sahsãyojak bandh)
• Haitian Creole: lyezon kovalan
• Hindi: सहसंयोजक बंध (sahsãyojak bandh)
• Hungarian: kovalens kötés (hu)
• Indonesian: ikatan kovalen
• Irish: nasc comhfhiúsach m
• Italian: legame covalente (it) m
• Japanese: 共有結合 (きょうゆうけつごう, kyōyū ketsugō)
• Kabyle: turza tattekkant
• Kazakh: коваленттік байланыс (kovalenttık bailanys)
• Korean: 공유결합(共有結合) (gong'yugyeolhap)
• Latvian: kovalentā saite f
• Lithuanian: kovalentinis ryšys m
• Macedonian: ковалентна врска f (kovalentna vrska)
• Malay: ikatan kovalen (ms)
• Mongolian: ковалент холбоо (kovalent xolboo)
• Persian: پیوند کووالانسی
• Polish: wiązanie kowalencyjne (pl) n
• Portuguese: ligação covalente (pt) f
• Romanian: legătură covalentă f
• Russian: ковале́нтная связь (ru) f (kovaléntnaja svjazʹ)
• Slovak: kovalentná väzba f
• Slovene: kovalentna vez f
• Spanish: enlace covalente m
• Swedish: kovalent bindning (sv)
• Tagalog: kakalwinging bigkis
• Turkish: kovalent bağ (tr)
• Ukrainian: ковалентний зв'язок m (kovalentnyj zvʺjazok)
• Urdu: کوویلنٹ بونڈ
• Vietnamese: liên kết cộng hóa trị
• Welsh: bond cofalent
• Yakut: коваленнаах ситим (kovalennaaq sitim)

See also

• ionic bond
• coordinate bond