See Also: Covalent(medicine)
covalent(dictionary)
covalent bond(medicine)
covalent bond(encyclopedia)
coordinate covalent bond(medicine)

covalent (iou)



covalent adjective. E20.
[from CO- + -VALENT.]
Chemistry. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by covalency.
covalent bond: formed by the sharing of electrons, usu. in pairs by two atoms in a molecule.
covalence,
covalency nouns (the linking of atoms by) a covalent bond; the number of covalent bonds that an atom can form: E20.
covalently adverb by a covalent bond M20.