Re: Question Restated (was Re: Homework question

"TC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> But that's not how the rest of the planet uses the words.  For most
people,
> part of the meaning of the word "covalent" is, "not ionic", in the same
> way that "tall" includes the notion of "not short". "Covalent", "polar
> covalent", "ionic" *just are* coarse measures of electronegativity,
> in the same way that "short", "medium" and "tall" *just are* coarse
> measures of height.
>
> And remember what is going on here - the teacher is trying to *define*
> the word in order to explain the concept.  An unnecessarily imprecise
> definition is unnecessarily confusing to students.
>

Why don't you ask the teacher for the definiton of covalent bond?