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covalency

covalency is the alternative spelling 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)

Forms of covalency

pluralcovalencies

Origin of covalency

From co- + valency.

Questions about covalency

What is covalency the alternative spelling of?
Covalency is the alternative spelling of covalence.

Words near covalency in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: covalency (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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