chemical bond

Noun
  1. An electrical force linking atoms (synset 111456397)
    is a type of: attraction, attractive force - the force by which one object attracts another
    subtypes:
    • covalent bond - a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule
    • cross-link, cross-linkage - a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule
    • hydrogen bond - a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond
    • electrostatic bond, electrovalent bond, ionic bond - a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
    • metallic bond - a chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs
    • peptide bond, peptide linkage - the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide
    same as: bond

Found on Word Lists

Other Searches