Meanings
nounmetallic bond (plural metallic bonds)
plural metallic bonds
- chemistrya chemical bond in which mobile electrons are shared over many nuclei; this leads to electrical conduction
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 金屬鍵 /金属键
- 金屬鍵 /金属键 (jīnshǔjiàn)chemical bond
Finnish yksöissidos
- yksöissidoschemical bond
Japanese 金属結合
- 金属結合 (kinzoku ketsugō)chemical bond
Portuguese ligação metálica
- ligação metálicachemical bond
Spanish enlace metálico
- enlace metálicochemical bond
Swedish metallbindning
- metallbindningchemical bond
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APA
metallic bond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallic%20bond
MLA
“metallic bond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallic%20bond. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metallic bond,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallic%20bond.
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