valency

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noun

1. the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
• Hypernyms:
chemical phenomenon
2. (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
• Syn:
valence
• Topics:
biology, biological science
• Hypernyms:
power, powerfulness
• Attrubites:
univalent, bivalent, double, multivalent, monovalent, polyvalent
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
• Derivationally related forms:
valent
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
power, powerfulness
• Hyponyms:
covalence, covalency
• Attrubites:
monovalent, univalent, polyvalent, multivalent