valence
pronunciation
How to pronounce valence in British English:
UK ['veɪləns]
How to pronounce valence in American English:
US ['veɪləns]
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- Noun:
- (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
- (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
Word Origin
- valence (n.)
- early 15c., "extract, preparation," from Latin valentia "strength, capacity," from valentem (nominative valens) "strong, stout, vigorous, powerful," present participle of valere "be strong" (see valiant). Meaning "relative combining capacity of an element" is recorded from 1884, from German Valenz (1868), from the Latin word. Related: Valency.
Example
- 1. Calculated valence electron density of a silicon nanocrystal .
- 2. The valence atom of an alkali-metal atom has two states .
- 3. Dispersion relation model of valence band in strained si .
- 4. What role do valence electrons play in the formation of compo .
- 5. Your action that supports valence to coiled to also rise to deduct .