valency

English

Alternative forms

valence

Pronunciation

enPR: vā'lənsē, IPA^(key): /ˈveɪlənsi/

Noun

valency (countable and uncountable, plural valencies) (mostly UK)

(graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph.
(especially chemistry) Valence.
(linguistics) The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments.

Synonyms

(graph theory): degree
(linguistics): valence

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