Associations to the word «Valency»

Wiktionary

VALENCY, noun. (graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph
VALENCY, noun. (chemistry) valence
VALENCY, noun. (linguistics) The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments

Dictionary definition

VALENCY, noun. The phenomenon of forming chemical bonds.
VALENCY, noun. (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate.
VALENCY, noun. (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky