chemical bond - Definition | Dictionary definition of chemical bond

Definition of chemical bond

an electrical force linking atoms

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; covalent bond
a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule; double bond
a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms; coordinate bond, dative bond
a covalent bond in which both electrons are provided by one of the atoms; cross-link, cross-linkage
a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule; hydrogen bond
a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond; electrostatic bond, electrovalent bond, ionic bond
a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion; metallic bond
a chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs; peptide bond, peptide linkage
the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide

Type of:: attraction, attractive force
the force by which one object attracts another