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double bonds

double bonds is the plural of double bond.

Meaning of double bond

Noun

double bond (plural double bonds)

  1. (physical) A covalent bond in which two electron pairs (instead of the usual one) are shared between two atoms; most common between carbon atoms and carbon, oxygen or nitrogen atoms, but several other forms are known.

Questions about double bonds

What is double bonds the plural of?
Double bonds is the plural of double bond.

Words near double bonds in the dictionary

  1. double boiler
  2. double boilers
  3. double boiling
  4. double boils
  5. double bond
  6. double bonds
  7. double bonus
  8. double bonuses
  9. double booked
  10. double bookkeeping
  11. double bourgeois

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