Glossary 1.3

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The glossary provides definitions and explanations of key terms and concepts essential to understand the topic in the lesson. Be sure to familiarize yourself with each term before attempting the lesson glossary quiz.

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Dipole

a separation of positive and negative charges in a region in space

Duet Rule

the observation that the complete outer shell of valence electrons when hydrogen and period 2 metals are involved in bonding