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Covalence

Definition: Covalence

Covalence

Noun

1. Valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Covalence

Synonym: covalency (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Covalence

English words defined with "covalence": covalent. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Covalence

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

covalence

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Covalence

Language Translations for "covalence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

covalentie (covalency). (various references)

   

French

  

covalence (covalency). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ovalencecay

   

Turkish

  

kovalent bağ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Covalence

Derivations

Words beginning with "covalence": covalences. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Covalence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: convalence, covalesce. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Covalence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-l-n-o-v"

-1 letter: conclave.

-2 letters: cenacle, concave, conceal, enclave, valence.

-3 letters: alcove, cancel, cleave, cloven, coeval, elevon, enlace, leaven, veloce.

-4 letters: alone, anele, anole, calve, canoe, cecal, clave, clean, clone, clove, coven, laevo, lance, leave, leone, navel, novae, novel, ocean, veena, venae, venal, vocal.

-5 letters: acne, aeon, alec, alee, aloe, calo, cane, cave, ceca, clan, clon, coal, coca.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-l-n-o-v"
 

+1 letter: convalesce, covalences.

 

+2 letters: conceivable, convalesced, convalesces, covalencies.

 

+3 letters: convalescent.

 

+4 letters: convalescence, convalescents, inconceivable, unconceivable.

 

+5 letters: convalescences, overcompliance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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