Valency vs. Covalency

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

Covalencynoun

(chemistry) covalence

Covalencynoun

valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share