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Valency

nounid 155170·updated May 18, 2026
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in biology, a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate

polysemous

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Variants

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Valencies
possessive
Valency's
pluralpossessive
Valencies'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
in chemistry, a property of atoms or radicals
§2
in biology, a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
§3
the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds

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