valency

3 definitions found

valency - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Valency \Val"en*cy\, n.; pl. Valencies. (Chem.)
     (a) See Valence.
     (b) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
         [1913 Webster]

valency - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  valency
      n 1: the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
      2: (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact
         as with antigens or a biological substrate [syn: valence,
         valency]
      3: (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining
         power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the
         equivalent) [syn: valence, valency]

valency - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  degree
  valency
  
     The degree (or valency) of a node in a graph is the number of
     edges joined to it.