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valency |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Valency \Val"en*cy\, n.; pl {Valencies}. (Chem.) a See {Valence}. b A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: valency n 1: the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds 2: (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate [syn: {valence}] 3: (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) [syn: {valence}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: valency See {degree}.
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