Definitions for Valence

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Valence va·lence

Spelling: [vey-luh ns]

IPA: /ˈveɪ ləns/

Valence is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in Valence (aceelnv).

Definitions for Valence

noun

1. Chemistry. the quality that determines the number of atoms or groups with which any single atom or group will unite chemically. the relative combining capacity of an atom or group compared with that of the standard hydrogen atom. The chloride ion, Cl–, with a valence of one, has the capacity to unite with one atom of hydrogen or its equivalent, as in HCl or NaCl.
2. Immunology. the number of determinants per molecule of antigen.
3. the capacity of one person or thing to react with or affect another in some special way, as by attraction or the facilitation of a function or activity.
4. a city in and the capital of Drôme, in SE France.
5. a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.

Origin of Valence

1865-70; Latin valentia strength, worth, equivalent to valent- (stem of valēns), present participle to be strong + -ia noun suffix; see -ence

Examples for Valence

He, valence, knew Marie, and could not be mistaken in her identity.

Amongst these uncles William, Bishop-elect of valence, took the lead.

(p. 079) The agreeable and studious life at valence was soon ended.

We leave them in the early morning and get down into the windy station at valence.

A curious label will have been noticed in the arms of De valence (Fig. 120).

One is inclined to give the credit of this defeat to valence—if defeat there was.

By the time we reach valence, soon after mid-day, we have passed one barge only.

In the dusk of the evening, valence issued from Perth and took Bruce by surprise.

Arrived at valence, he found that the old society had vanished.

The exact date is not recorded; but we know that valence was at Aberdeen on August 3.