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三重結合 (sanjuuketsugou) Japanese meaning: triple bond | Kotomora

三さん重じゅう結けつ合ごう

さ

ん

じゅ

う

け

つ

ご

う

Meanings

1

triple bond

Chemistry term for a covalent bond where three pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms.

アセチレン分ぶん子しは炭たん素そ原げん子し間かんに三さん重じゅう

結けつ

合ごう

を

持も

つ

。

The acetylene molecule has a triple bond between its carbon atoms.

Kanji

三three
重heavy, important, esteem
結tie, bind, contract
合fit, suit, join

Related words

二に重じゅう結けつ合ごう
二重結合 is a double bond (two shared electron pairs), while 三重結合 is a triple bond (three shared electron pairs).
単たん結けつ合ごう
単結合 is a single bond (one shared electron pair), the simplest type of covalent bond.

Built from

三さん重じゅう+結けつ合ごう

Etymology

Compound of 三重 (さんじゅう, 'triple') and 結合 (けつごう, 'bond').