covalent bond (redirected from Unsaturated bond)

covalent bond

n.

A chemical bond formed by the sharing of one or more electrons, especially pairs of electrons, between atoms.

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covalent bond (kō·vāˑ·lnt bnd),

n chemical bond that involves sharing of electrons between atoms of the same element to give a molecule of that element (e.g., nitrogen) or atoms of two or more elements to give a molecule of a compound (e.g., carbon dioxide); the predominant type of bonding in organic chemistry.