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Meaning of
valency
in English
valency
us
/ˈvæ.lən.si/
uk
/ˈvæ.lən.si/
#uncommon
Definitions
Noun
an
atom's
capacity
to
combine
;
form
bonds
The
concept
of
valency
is
crucial
in
understanding
how
atoms
form
bonds
.
a
vaccine's
ability
to
counteract
pathogens
The
new
vaccine
has
high
valency
against
various
strains
of
the
virus
.
the
number
of
edges
connected
to
a
graph
vertex
In
graph
theory
,
valency
refers
to
the
number
of
edges
connected
to
a
vertex
.
a
verb's
number
of
possible
arguments
The
valency
of
a
verb
determines
the
number
of
arguments
it
can
take
in
a
sentence
.
