valency

noun

(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals

(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate

the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds

Roots

valereval- · Latin · to be strong, have power entia-ency · Latin · quality, state

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