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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A covalent bond in which two electron pairs are shared between two atoms.
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- noun chemistry A
covalent bond in which twoelectron pairs (instead of the usual one) areshared between twoatoms ; mostcommon betweencarbon atoms and carbon,oxygen ornitrogen atoms, but several other forms are known.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms
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