valency
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How to use valency in a sentence
Case notes that protein modifications that are commonly used for transducing signals, such as the addition of phosphoryl groups, change the valency of a protein — that is, its capacity to interact with other molecules.
A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life | Viviane Callier | January 7, 2021 | Quanta MagazineIt is the river valency of which he speaks, the more important of the streams that join just above the haven.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. SalmonThere is a close relationship between prevailing, valiancy, valency, and value.
Essays in Experimental Logic | John DeweyThe question next arises, is the valency of an element fixed or variable?
If the word be defined as above, it is absolutely certain that the valency varies.
Just why different elements should differ thus in valency no one as yet knows; it is an empirical fact that they do.
A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5) | Henry Smith Williams
British Dictionary definitions for valency
esp US and Canadian valence
/ (ˈveɪlənsɪ) /
chem a property of atoms or groups, equal to the number of atoms of hydrogen that the atom or group could combine with or displace in forming compounds
linguistics the number of satellite noun phrases with which a verb combines: the English verb `give' takes a subject and two objects, so it has a valency of three
immunol
the number of antigen-binding sites on an antibody molecule
the number of antigen-binding sites with which an antigen can combine
Origin of valency
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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