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quantivalency

Syllables: quant·i·val·encyUK/kwɒnˈtɪvələnsi/US/kwɑnˈtɪvələnsi/

quantivalency is the alternative form of quantivalence.

Meaning of quantivalence

Noun

quantivalence (countable and uncountable, plural quantivalences)

  1. (historical) Synonym of valence (“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.”).
    Synonyms:
    valence
  2. (broadly, generally) Equivalence measured quantitatively.

Forms of quantivalency

pluralquantivalencies

Origin of quantivalency

From quantivalence + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state).

Questions about quantivalency

What is quantivalency the alternative form of?
Quantivalency is the alternative form of quantivalence.
How do you pronounce quantivalency?
Quantivalency is pronounced /kwɒnˈtɪvələnsi/ (UK).

Words near quantivalency in the dictionary

  1. quantity theory of money
  2. quantitywise
  3. quantivalence
  4. quantivalences
  5. quantivalencies
  6. quantivalency
  7. quantivalent
  8. quantizability
  9. quantizable
  10. quantization
  11. quantizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quantivalency (page history and authors); quantivalence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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