Valency

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Valency \Val"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Valencies}. (Chem.)
     (a) See {Valence}.
     (b) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  valency
       n 1: the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
       2: (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact
          as with antigens or a biological substrate [syn: {valence}]
       3: (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining
          power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or
          the equivalent) [syn: {valence}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  valency
       
          See {degree}.