triple bond

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a chemical linkage consisting of three covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by three lines or six dots, as CH≡CH or CH⋮⋮CH.

triple bond

noun

1. a type of chemical bond consisting of three distinct covalent bonds linking two atoms in a molecule

Example Sentences

Miramontes figured out the last step in its recipe, adding a crucial carbon-carbon triple bond.

From Science News

Nitrogen gas molecules consist of two nitrogen atoms connected by a triple bond, the strongest type of chemical bond.

From Popular-Science

We are so sorry that you did not know us in the full glow of our triple bond.

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