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Valency

Val′en-cy

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Valencies

.

(Chem.)

(a)

See

.

(b)

A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.

Definition 2024

valency

valency

English

Alternative forms

valence

Noun

valency ‎(plural valencies) (mostly UK)

(graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph
(chemistry) valence
(linguistics) The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments

Synonyms

(graph theory): degree
(linguistics): valence