Usually means: Shared electrons between two atoms.
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  1. covalent: Merriam-Webster
  2. covalent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. covalent: Collins English Dictionary
  4. covalent: Vocabulary.com
  5. Covalent, covalent: Wordnik
  6. covalent: Wiktionary
  7. covalent: Dictionary.com
  8. Covalent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. covalent: Rhymezone
  10. covalent: FreeDictionary.org
  11. covalent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. covalent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. covalent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. covalent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. covalent: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. covalent: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (chemistry) Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.

Similar:
cobaltic, chemical, electrovalent, carbonous, coalitional, carbonaceous, polycationic, molecular, Ionic, coauthorial, more...

Opposite:
ionic, non-covalent, polar, electrostatic

Types:
polar, nonpolar, ionic, more...

Phrases:
covalent bonds, covalent bond, covalent bonding, covalent compounds, Covalent radius, more...

Adjectives:
more, polar, nonpolar, strong, non, ionic, pure, metallic, mediated, cytochrome, less

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Similar:
cobaltic, chemical, electrovalent, carbonous, coalitional, carbonaceous, polycationic, molecular, Ionic, coauthorial, more...

Opposite:
ionic, non-covalent, polar, electrostatic

Types:
polar, nonpolar, ionic, more...

Phrases:
covalent bonds, covalent bond, covalent bonding, covalent compounds, Covalent radius, covalent compound, covalent catalysis, covalent modulation, coordinate covalent bond, polar covalent bond, more...

Adjectives:
more, polar, nonpolar, strong, non, ionic, pure, metallic, mediated, cytochrome, less

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