Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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valency | Yes | No | No | No |
covalency | Yes | No | No | No |
valency (noun) | covalency (noun) |
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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) | valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share |
(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate | |
the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds |