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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The chemical bond characteristic of metals, in which mobile valence electrons are shared among atoms in a usually stable crystalline structure.
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- noun chemistry a
chemical bond in whichmobile electrons areshared over manynuclei ; this leads toelectrical conduction
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- noun a chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs
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