METALLIC BOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metallic bond mean? 

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

1. a chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• METALLIC BOND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

bond; chemical bond (an electrical force linking atoms)