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covalences

covalences is the plural of covalence.

Meaning of covalence

Noun

covalence (plural covalences)

  1. A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms
  2. The number of electrons that a particular atom can share (and therefore the number of covalent bonds it can form)

Questions about covalences

What is covalences the plural of?
Covalences is the plural of covalence.

Words near covalences in the dictionary

  1. Covadonga
  2. covados
  3. covaledictorian
  4. covaledictorians
  5. covalence
  6. covalences
  7. covalencies
  8. covalency
  9. covalent
  10. covalent bond
  11. covalent bonds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: covalences (page history and authors); covalence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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