coordinate bond

1. 1.

   a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms

   Synonymsdative bond

   Broadercovalent bond

Questions about coordinate bond

What does coordinate bond mean?

coordinate bond means "a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms".

What is another word for coordinate bond?

Close synonyms include dative bond. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coordinate bond a common word?

coordinate bond is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.