valency
pronunciation
How to pronounce valency in British English:
UK [ˈveɪlənsi]
How to pronounce valency in American English:
US ['veɪlənsɪ]
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- Noun:
- the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- (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
- valency
- valency: see value
Example
- 1. Luminescence centers and valency of europium ions .
- 2. Other according to normal valency charge .