"When multiple atoms are part of an assembly in which they are bonded to each other, you have a molecule. For the moment, consider the "bond" between atoms in a molecule to be an electron-sharing arrangement that maintains a certain (average) spatial configuration between the nuclei of the bonded atoms..."
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