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単結合 (tanketsugou) Japanese meaning: single bond | Kotomora

単たん結けつ合ごう

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Meanings

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single bond

Chemistry term for a covalent bond where two atoms share one pair of electrons.

エタン分ぶん子しは炭たん素そ原げん子し間かんが単たん結けつ合

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In an ethane molecule, the carbon atoms are connected by a single bond.

Kanji

単simple, one, single
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 単結合 is a single bond (one shared pair).
三さん重じゅう結けつ合ごう
三重結合 is a triple bond (three shared electron pairs), stronger and shorter than a 単結合.

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単たん+結けつ合ごう

Etymology

Compound of 単 (single) and 結合 (bond, union). A straightforward technical term formed from Sino-Japanese elements.