VALENCE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals
   • their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
   Synonym(s)
   • valency (what does valency mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) valence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • power (what does power mean?)
   • powerfulness (what does powerfulness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • covalence (what does covalence mean?)
   • covalency (what does covalency mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • monovalent (what does monovalent mean?)
   • univalent (what does univalent mean?)
   • polyvalent (what does polyvalent mean?)
   • multivalent (what does multivalent mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
   Synonym(s)
   • valency (what does valency mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) valence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • power (what does power mean?)
   • powerfulness (what does powerfulness mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • univalent (what does univalent mean?)
   • bivalent (what does bivalent mean?)
   • double (what does double mean?)
   • multivalent (what does multivalent mean?)
   • monovalent (what does monovalent mean?)
   • polyvalent (what does polyvalent mean?)