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chemical bond

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several attractive forces that serve to bind atoms together to form molecules

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an electrical force linking atoms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bond

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attraction, attractive force

Narrower terms: covalent bond, cross-link, cross-linkage, hydrogen bond, ionic bond, electrovalent bond, electrostatic bond, metallic bond, peptide bond, peptide linkage

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: chemiese binding — any of binding forces
  • Armenian: քիմիական կապ (kʻimiakan kap) — any of binding forces
  • Asturian: enllaz químicu — any of binding forces
  • Azerbaijani: kimyəvi rabitə — any of binding forces
  • Basque: lotura kimiko — any of binding forces
  • Belarusian: хімічная сувязь (ximičnaja suvjazʹ) — any of binding forces
  • Bulgarian: химична връзка (himična vrǎzka) — any of binding forces
  • Catalan: enllaç químic — any of binding forces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 化学键 (huàxuéjiàn) — any of binding forces
  • Czech: chemická vazba — any of binding forces
  • Danish: kemisk binding — any of binding forces
  • Dutch: chemische binding — any of binding forces
  • Esperanto: kemia ligo — any of binding forces
  • Estonian: keemiline side — any of binding forces
  • Finnish: kemiallinen sidos — any of binding forces
  • French: liaison chimique — any of binding forces
  • Galician: enlace químico — any of binding forces
  • Georgian: ქიმიური ბმა (kimiuri bma) — any of binding forces
  • German: chemische Bindung — any of binding forces
  • Greek: χημικός δεσμός (chimikós desmós) — any of binding forces
  • Haitian Creole: lyezon chimik — any of binding forces
  • Hungarian: kémiai kötés — any of binding forces
  • Icelandic: efnatengi — any of binding forces
  • Ido: kemiala ligilo — any of binding forces
  • Indonesian: ikatan kimia — any of binding forces
  • Irish: nasc ceimiceach — any of binding forces
  • Italian: legame chimico — any of binding forces
  • Japanese: 化学結合 — any of binding forces
  • Kazakh: химиялық байланыс (ximiälyq bailanys) — any of binding forces
  • Kyrgyz: химиялык байланыш (himiyalık baylanış) — any of binding forces
  • Latvian: ķīmiskā saite — any of binding forces
  • Lithuanian: cheminis ryšys — any of binding forces
  • Macedonian: хемиска врска (hemiska vrska) — any of binding forces
  • Malay: ikatan kimia — any of binding forces
  • Mongolian: химийн холбоо (ximiin xolboo) — any of binding forces
  • Persian: پیوند شیمیایی — any of binding forces
  • Polish: wiązanie chemiczne — any of binding forces
  • Portuguese: ligação química — any of binding forces
  • Romanian: legătură chimică — any of binding forces
  • Slovak: chemická väzba — any of binding forces
  • Slovene: kemična vez — any of binding forces
  • Spanish: enlace químico — any of binding forces
  • Swedish: kemisk bindning — any of binding forces
  • Tagalog: kapnaying bigkis — any of binding forces
  • Tagalog: kawing na kimikal — any of binding forces
  • Tajik: банди кимиёӣ (band-i kimiyoyi) — any of binding forces
  • Turkish: kimyasal bağ — any of binding forces
  • Ukrainian: хімічний зв'язок (ximičnyj zvʺjazok) — any of binding forces
  • Uzbek: kimyoviy bogʻ — any of binding forces
  • Vietnamese: liên kết — any of binding forces