| NOUN | attribute | valence, valency | (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate |
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| attribute | valence, valency | (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals |
| Sounds | vey'lahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate. | |
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| Synonym | valency | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Attributes | bivalent, double | Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis |
| monovalent | Containing only one kind of antibody | |
| multivalent | Used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis | |
| polyvalent | Containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen | |
| univalent | Used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis | |
| Broader | power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence |
| Spanish | valencia | |
| Catalan | valència | |
| Meaning | (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent). | |
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| Synonym | valency | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Attributes | monovalent, univalent | Having a valence of 1 |
| polyvalent, multivalent | Having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher | |
| Narrower | covalence, covalency | valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound |
| Broader | power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence |
| Spanish | valencia | |
| Catalan | valència | |
| Adjectives | bivalent, divalent | having a valence of two or having two valences |
| pentavalent | having a valence of five | |
| tetravalent | haveing a valence of four | |
| trivalent | having a valence of three | |
| valent | (chemistry) having valence | |
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