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Categories: Chemical bonding, Chemical properties, Dimensionless numbers of chemistry

valence valency valency number bivalent Cations, divalent

(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) WordNet 3.0

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(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In chemistry, the valence or valency of an atom is a measure of its combining capacity with other atoms when it forms chemical compounds or molecules. Wikipedia

A measure of an element's combining power with other atoms Wikipedia Disambiguation

Measure of an element's combining capacity with other atoms when it forms chemical compounds or molecules Wikidata

A measure of the number of chemical bonds formed by the atoms of a given element (source: Wikipedia). OmegaWiki

The combining capacity of an atom, radical or functional group determined by the number of electrons that it will lose, gain, or share when it combines with other atoms etc. Wiktionary

Chemistry: combining capacity. Wiktionary (translation)

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