Usually means: Shared electrons between two atoms.
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  1. covalent: Merriam-Webster.com
  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: Free Dictionary
  11. covalent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. covalent: Dictionary/thesaurus
  13. covalent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. covalent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. covalent: Medical dictionary

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

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