Valence

//ˈveɪl(ə)ns//

Synonyms for "valence" (8 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

valency atomicity

Strong matches (2)

constant

Noun(1 words)

quantivalence

Related words (4)

Noun(2 words)

quantivalency value

unit value

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

2 entries

power powerfulness

Related terms

6 entries

ambitransitivity ditransitivity intransitivity quantivalence transitivity valent

derived

21 entries

ambivalence bivalence equivalence hexavalence monovalence multivalence pentavalence polyvalence primary valence quadrivalence secondary valence social valence tetravalence trivalence valence band valence bond

Showing 16 of 21 words.

form of

1 entries

valance

has context

6 entries

biology chemistry linguistics medicine psychology sociology

is a

1 entries

power

related to

32 entries

antibody antigen atom auvergne rhône alpes binding capacity combine combining commune department drôme electron extract france functional group gain

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Translations

153 translations across 69 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

valensie noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Albanian

1 entries

valenca noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Arabic

4 entries

فالانس name (city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
تكافؤ noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
تكافؤ noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)
تَعَلُّق noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Armenian

2 entries

Վալանս name (city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
վալենտականություն noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

valentlik noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Bashkir

1 entries

валентлыҡ noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Basque

1 entries

balentzia noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Belarusian

1 entries

вале́нтнасць noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Bengali

1 entries

যোজনী noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Bulgarian

4 entries

валентност noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
валентност noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
валентност noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)
валентност noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)

Catalan

3 entries

Valença name (city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
valència noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valència noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Chinese

1 entries

原子價 /原子价 noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

价 noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
化合價 /化合价 noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
化合價 /化合价 noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
原子价 noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)

Chuvash

1 entries

вале́нтлӑх noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Czech

4 entries

mocenství noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
valence noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valence noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
valence noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Dutch

2 entries

valentie noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valentie noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Esperanto

3 entries

valento noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valento noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
valento noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Estonian

3 entries

valents noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valents noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)
valents noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)

Finnish

4 entries

tunnearvo noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)
valenssi noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valenssi noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
valenssi noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

French

4 entries

Valence name (city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
valence noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valence noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
valence noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Galician

2 entries

valencia noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valencia noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Georgian

3 entries

ვალენტობა noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
ვალენტობა noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
ვალენტობა noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

German

4 entries

Valenz noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
Valenz noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
Valenz noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)
Valenz noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)

Greek

2 entries

σθένος noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
σθένος noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Hebrew

1 entries

עֶרְכִּיוּת noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Hindi

1 entries

संयोजकता noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Hungarian

1 entries

vegyérték noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Icelandic

1 entries

eingildi noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Ido

1 entries

valenco noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Indonesian

1 entries

valensi noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Irish

1 entries

fiús noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Italian

2 entries

valenza noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valenza noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Japanese

3 entries

ヴァランス name (city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
原子価 noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
感情価 noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)

Kabyle

1 entries

tugdut noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Kazakh

3 entries

валенттілік noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
валенттілік noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
валенттілік noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Khmer

1 entries

វ៉ាឡង់ noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Korean

2 entries

감정가 noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)
원자가 noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Latin

1 entries

valentia noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Latvian

3 entries

valence noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
vērtība noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
vērtība noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)

Lithuanian

1 entries

valentingumas noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Macedonian

4 entries

вале́нтност noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
вале́нтност noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
вале́нтност noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)
вале́нција noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)

Manx

1 entries

ablid chianglee noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Marathi

2 entries

व्हालांस name (city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
संयुजा noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

North Frisian

1 entries

walens noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

valens noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valens noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

valens noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Occitan

1 entries

Valença name (city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

Persian

2 entries

تعلق noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)
ظرفیت شیمیایی noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Polish

4 entries

Valence name (city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
walencja noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)
walencja noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)
walencja noun (sociology: value which a person places on something)

Portuguese

3 entries

valência noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valência noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
valência noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਸੰਯੋਜਕਤਾ noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Romanian

4 entries

valență noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valență noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
valență noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)
valență noun (sociology: value which a person places on something)

Russian

4 entries

Вала́нс name (city in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
вале́нтность noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
вале́нтность noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
вале́нтность noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

valenca noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valence noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valencije noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Slovene

1 entries

valenca noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Spanish

3 entries

diátesis noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)
valencia noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valencia noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)

Swahili

1 entries

valensi noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Swedish

3 entries

valens noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
valens noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)
valens noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)

Tagalog

2 entries

balensiya noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
kalwing noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)

Tajik

2 entries

валент noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
зарфият noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Tamil

1 entries

இணைதிறன் noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Telugu

1 entries

బాహుబలం noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Thai

1 entries

เวเลนซ์ noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Turkish

1 entries

değerlik noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Ukrainian

4 entries

валéнтність noun (psychology: one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state)
вале́нтність noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
вале́нтність noun (number of binding sites of a molecule)
вале́нтність noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Urdu

1 entries

ظرف noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Uzbek

1 entries

valentlik noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Vietnamese

3 entries

diễn trị noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)
hóa trị noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)
kết trị noun (number of arguments that a verb can have)

Welsh

1 entries

falens noun (chemistry: combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A silicon crystal with a band gap in which an impurity level is created near the top of the valence band has hole conductivity.

Source: tatoeba (10725671)

The health effects of chromium are primarily related to the valence state of the metal at the time of exposure.

Source: tatoeba (12052035)

In this assignment you will analyze each of the following sentences and determine the valence of the highlighted verb.

Source: wiktionary

anger and fear have negative valence

Source: wiktionary

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