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triple bond

American

noun

Chemistry.

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 British

noun

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

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The double bond consists of one σ bond and one π bond, and the triple bond consists of one σ bond and two π bonds.

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Nitrogen is very unreactive because of the very strong triple bond between the nitrogen atoms.

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Because of the stability of the N≡N triple bond, it requires a great deal of energy to make compounds from molecular nitrogen.

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The two carbon atoms of acetylene are thus bound together by one σ bond and two π bonds, giving a triple bond.

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But at the root of all there lay what gave value and savour to everything else—that exquisite home-life of theirs, that tender, triple bond of husband, wife, and child.

From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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