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Compound Definition - Chemistry Glossary Definition of Compound

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Definition: species that is formed when two or more atoms join together chemically, with covalent or ionic bonds.
Also Known As: molecule, though sometimes distinctions are made between the types of bonds in molecules (covalent) and compounds (ionic)

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