hydrogen bond: Meaning and Definition of

hy'drogen bond"

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  1. a type of chemical bond in which a hydrogen atom that has a covalent link with one of the electronegative atoms (F, N, O) forms an electrostatic link with another electronegative atom in the same or another molecule.
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