VALENCE
Scrabble letter values: V4A1L1E1N1C3E1 = 12
Definition
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate. — synonyms: valency
- noun (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals. — synonyms: valency
Examples
- “their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)”
- “The number of bonds that a verb has constitutes what we will call the valence of the verb.”
- “anger and fear have negative valence”