covalence

Questions about covalence

What is another word for covalence?

It depends which covalence you mean. In the sense “valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share”, the synonyms are covalency. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of covalence?

WordNet records no antonym for covalence. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for covalence come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of covalence

• Full entry for covalenceAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for covalenceWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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