double bond

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   a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms

   Broadercovalent bond

Questions about double bond

What does double bond mean?

double bond means "a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms".

Is double bond a common word?

double 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.