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Compound - Chemistry Definition

By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

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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