Covalency
Translation of "covalency" into Russian
covalency
NounUK
/kəʊˈveɪlənsi/
US
/koʊˈveɪlənsi/
covalency
covalencies pl
The covalency of the bond determines the molecule's stability.
Ковалентность связи определяет стабильность молекулы.
Definitions
covalency
NounUK
/kəʊˈveɪlənsi/
US
/koʊˈveɪlənsi/
The number of covalent bonds that a particular atom can form.
The covalency of carbon is four, allowing it to form four covalent bonds with other atoms.
The state or property of atoms being joined by covalent bonds; covalent bonding.
Water owes many of its properties to the covalency between hydrogen and oxygen atoms.