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sigma bond

chemistry
Also known as: sigma compound
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sigma bond, in chemistry, a mechanism by which two atoms are held together as the result of the forces operating between them and a pair of electrons regarded as shared by them. In a sigma bond, the electron pair occupies an orbitalā€”a region of space associated with a particular value of the energy of the systemā€”located mainly between the two atoms and symmetrically distributed about the line determined by their nuclei.