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valency valency definition

valency


 
  Grep  of  noun  valency 
  ambivalency 
  covalency 
  mulltivalency 
  polyvalency 
  valency 
 
  Overview  of  noun  valency 
 
  The  noun  valency  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  valency  --  (the  phenomenon  of  forming  chemical  bonds) 
  2.  valence,  valency  --  ((biology)  a  relative  capacity  to  unite  or  react  or  interact  as  with  antigens  or  a  biological  substrate) 
  3.  valence,  valency  --  ((chemistry)  a  property  of  atoms  or  radicals;  their  combining  power  given  in  terms  of  the  number  of  hydrogen  atoms  (or  the  equivalent)) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  valency 
 
  The  noun  valency  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  valency  --  (the  phenomenon  of  forming  chemical  bonds) 
  2.  valence,  valency  --  ((biology)  a  relative  capacity  to  unite  or  react  or  interact  as  with  antigens  or  a  biological  substrate) 
  3.  valence,  valency  --  ((chemistry)  a  property  of  atoms  or  radicals;  their  combining  power  given  in  terms  of  the  number  of  hydrogen  atoms  (or  the  equivalent)) 



valency definition