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English noun: valence | |||
| 1. | valence (attribute) (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate | ||
| Synonyms | valency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | power, powerfulness | ||
| Attribute | bivalent, double, monovalent, multivalent, polyvalent, univalent | ||
| Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
| 2. | valence (attribute) (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) | ||
| Synonyms | valency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | power, powerfulness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | covalence, covalency | ||
| Attribute | monovalent, multivalent, polyvalent, univalent | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
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