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ELECTROSTATIC BOND

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• ELECTROSTATIC BOND (noun)
The noun ELECTROSTATIC BOND has 1 sense:

1. a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains to electron to form a negative ion

Familiarity information: ELECTROSTATIC BOND used as a noun is very rare.

• ELECTROSTATIC BOND (noun)

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Meaning:

A chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains to electron to form a negative ion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

electrostatic bond; electrovalent bond; ionic bond

Hypernyms ("electrostatic bond" is a kind of...):

bond; chemical bond (an electrical force linking atoms)

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