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Webster 1913 Edition


Valency

Val′en-cy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Valencies
.
(Chem.)
(a)
See
Valence
.
(b)
A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.

Definition 2024


valency

valency

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Noun

valency (plural valencies) (mostly UK)

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

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