Here's a breakdown:
* Electronegativity is a measure of an atom's tendency to attract a shared pair of electrons in a covalent bond.
* The higher the electronegativity of an atom, the more strongly it attracts electrons.
* This difference in electronegativity between two atoms in a bond leads to a polar covalent bond, where the electrons are unevenly shared, creating a partial positive charge on one atom and a partial negative charge on the other.
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