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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical bond formed by the sharing of one or more electrons, especially pairs of electrons, between atoms.
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- noun chemistry A type of chemical
bond where twoatoms are connected to each other by the sharing of two or moreelectrons .
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- noun a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule
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