Defenition of the word valency

• Defenition of the word valency

  • A measure of the number of chemical bonds formed by the atoms of a given element (source: Wikipedia).
  • (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
  • (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
  • the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds

Synonyms for the word valency

• • valence

Hyponyms for the word valency

• • covalence
  • covalency

Hypernyms for the word valency

• • chemical phenomenon
  • potency
  • power
  • powerfulness

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