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single bond

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

single bond

noun

Definition of SINGLE BOND

: a chemical bond in which one pair of electrons is shared by two atoms in a molecule especially when the atoms can share more than one pair of electrons — compare double bond, triple bond

First Known Use of SINGLE BOND

1903

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