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Chemistry's way of saying two things liked each other enough to stop being two things.
means The process of forming a close connection — whether it's atoms sharing electrons or people sharing trust and time.
from From 'bond,' tracing back to Old English 'bonda/band,' meaning something that binds or fastens — rooted in the older Germanic idea of tying things together. The literal sense of 'fetter or shackle' softened over centuries into the emotional and chemical senses we use now: things held together not by rope, but by attachment or shared electrons.
- covalent bonds
- share electrons like reluctant roommates splitting rent
- ionic bonds
- one atom just steals the electron outright
- strongest bond known
- carbon-carbon, basis of diamonds and stubbornness
- human version
- oxytocin mimics the same reward-based attachment