ALL meanings of valence
va·lence
V v - noun valence a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence. 1
- noun valence chemistry: capacity 1
- noun valence substance: ability to interact 1
- noun valence the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds 0
- noun valence a town in SE France, on the River Rhône. Pop: 64 260 (1999) 0
- noun valence city in SE France: pop. 63,000 0
- noun valence the capacity of an element or radical to combine with another to form molecules, as measured by the number of hydrogen or chlorine atoms which one radical or one atom of the element will combine with or replace (e.g.: oxygen has a valence of two, i.e., one atom of oxygen combines with two hydrogen atoms to form the water molecule, H2O) 0
- noun valence any of the units of valence which a particular element may have 0