Definition of Chemical bond

1. Noun. An electrical force linking atoms.


Definition of Chemical bond

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any of several attractive forces that serve to bind atoms together to form molecules ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Chemical bond

1. The link between two atoms within a molecule. Different types of chemical bonds include hydrogen bonds, covalent bonds, and ionic bonds. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemical Bond

chemical-property
chemical abortion
chemical action
chemical affinities
chemical affinity
chemical agent
chemical agents
chemical analysis
chemical and pharmacologic phenomena
chemical antidote
chemical attraction
chemical balance
chemical beam epitaxy
chemical biology
chemical bomb
chemical bond (current term)
chemical burn
chemical castrations
chemical cautery
chemical cell
chemical ceptor
chemical chain
chemical change
chemical clock
chemical complexity
chemical composition
chemical compositions
chemical compound
chemical compounds

Literary usage of Chemical bond

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"But, however this may be, the line of reasoning that we have followed raises the expectation that a chemical bond must exist between the functionally active ..."

2. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"In The chemical bond (A. Zewail, ed.), pp. 17-30. ... The nature of the chemical bond. I. Application of results obtained from the quantum mechanics and ..."

3. The Study of Chemical Composition: An Account of Its Method and Historical by Ida Freund (1904)
"... and the bundle or field of lines constitutes a full chemical bond; but bring other charges or other pairs into the neighbourhood, and a few threads or ..."

4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1839)
"An exemplification of the chemical bond is the concrete formed with hot lime ... The pressure of the loads soon breaks the chemical bond, and the stones are ..."

5. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by George S. Newth (1905)
"Stated in briefest outline, this chemical "bond" or unit of affinity, which formerly has been regarded in the light of a single line of force—a fraction of ..."

6. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1839)
"The pressure of the loads soon breaks the chemical bond, and the stones are forced one below another, when the road becomes rapidly useless. ..."

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