Question
A hole is:

Answer

  1. An unfilled covalent bond.
Explanation:
When the covalent bond breaks, electrons are freed from atom. The departure of electron from valence band creates vacancy in bond, this vacancy is known as hole. Hence, a hole is an unfilled covalent bond.

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