Plural of valence
regular plural
The plural of valence is valences.
Forms of valence
| Singular | valence /ˈveɪl(ə)ns/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | valences |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Valences in a sentence
- Such intentional dwarfings of the human figure can carry different political valences, depending on the work that frames them.2011, Scott W. Klein, Michael Valdez Moses, A Modernist Cinema: Film Art from 1914 to 1941, page 248. From the entry dwarfing
Meaning of valence
- noun The combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.
- noun The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen.
- noun The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four.
Questions about the plural of valence
- What is the plural of valence?
- The plural of valence is valences.
- Is valence countable?
- Valence is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: valence (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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