Thesaurus: valency

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1. n. See Valence.
2. n. A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
3. n. the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
4. n. (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
5. n. (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
6. (a) See Valence. (b) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
7. n. the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds