Origin: Latin
suffix -ence
Valence has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Proper Noun
Noun
1
(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
2
(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
3
An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen.
4
Alternative spelling of valance
Proper Noun
1
A city and commune, the capital of Drôme department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in southeastern France.
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