Associations to the word «Covalence»
Wiktionary
COVALENCE, noun. (chemistry) A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms
COVALENCE, noun. (chemistry) The number of electrons that a particular atom can share (and therefore the number of covalent bonds it can form)
Dictionary definition
COVALENCE, noun. Valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.