Definition of valency Valency
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NounPlural: valencies |
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| valency - the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds | ||
| valency - (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate | ||
| valence | ||
| powerfulness, power possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" | ||
| biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms | ||
| univalent used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis; "a univalent chromosome" | ||
| bivalent, double used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | ||
| multivalent having many values, meanings, or appeals; "subtle, multivalent allegory" | ||
| monovalent having a valence of 1 | ||
| valency - (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) | ||
| valence | ||
| powerfulness, power possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" | ||
| chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- valency (n.)
See Valence. - valency (n.)
A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
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valency
A measure of the number of chemical bonds formed by the atoms of a given element (source: Wikipedia).
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🔤- valency, noun, singular of valencies.
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