a property of atoms or groups, equal to the number of atoms of hydrogen that the atom or group could combine with or displace in forming compounds the number of satellite noun phrases with which a verb combines
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va•len•cy
(vā′lən sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies. [Chem.]
- Chemistryvalence.
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'valency' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aluminium
- americium
- antimony
- arsenic
- astatine
- atomicity
- barium
- berkelium
- beryllium
- bismuth
- boron
- bromine
- cadmium
- caesium
- calcium
- carbon
- cerium
- chlorine
- chromium
- cobalt
- copper
- curium
- divalent
- dyad
- dysprosium
- electrovalency
- erbium
- europium
- fluorine
- francium
- gadolinium
- gallium
- germanium
- gold
- hafnium
- heptad
- heptavalent
- hexavalent
- holmium
- hydrogen
- indium
- iodine
- iridium
- iron
- krypton
- lanthanum
- lawrencium
- lead
- lithium
- lutetium