VALENCE

/ˈveɪləns/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 16

Definition

  1. noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate. — synonyms: valency
  2. noun (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals. — synonyms: valency

Examples

  • “The number of bonds that a verb has constitutes what we will call the valence of the verb.”
  • “anger and fear have negative valence”

Anagrams of VALENCE

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