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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) valency
the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds

2. (noun) valence, valency
(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate

3. (noun) valence, valency
(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)

Definition of 'valency'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) valency
see Valence

2. (noun) valency
a unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity

Definition of 'valency'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. valency
The relative power of replacing hydrogen or combining therewith possessed by different elements; the number of atomic bonds belonging to any element. Thus oxygen has a twofold valency, is bivalent or is a dyad, and combines with two atoms of hydrogen because the latter has a unitary atomicity, is monovalent or is a monad.

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