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単結合 (たんけつごう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

単たん結けつ合ごう

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Meanings

1

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

合ごう

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結むす

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いる

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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.

Built from

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.