Valence vs. Valency

Valencenoun

An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen.

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(chemistry) The combining capacity of an atom, radical or functional group determined by the number of electrons that it will lose, gain, or share when it combines with other atoms etc.

Valencenoun

(chemistry) The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen.

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(linguistics) The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero (for the likes of "It rains") to three (for the likes of "He gives her a flower") or, less commonly, four.

Valencenoun

A one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive or negative.

Valencenoun

(sociology) Value.

Valencenoun

alternative spelling of valance

Valencenoun

The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and have a valence respectively of two, three, and four.

Valencenoun

(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate

Valencenoun

(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)

Valencenoun

another term for valency

Valencenoun

relating to or denoting electrons involved in or available for chemical bond formation

Valencynoun

(graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph.

Valencynoun

Valence.

Valencynoun

(linguistics) The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments.

Valencynoun

See Valence.

Valencynoun

the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds

Valencynoun

(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate

Valencynoun

(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)

Valencynoun

the combining power of an element, especially as measured by the number of hydrogen atoms it can displace or combine with

Valencynoun

the number of grammatical elements with which a particular word, especially a verb, combines in a sentence