valence
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- verb
- adjective
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
Types & categories
- power hypernym
Related & opposite
- univalent attribute
- bivalent attribute
- multivalent attribute
- monovalent attribute
- polyvalent attribute
- biology domain topic
Sense 2 noun
(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- monovalent attribute
- multivalent attribute
- valent derivation
- chemistry domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | univalent |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | bivalent |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | multivalent |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | monovalent |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | polyvalent |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | power |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | monovalent |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | multivalent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | valent |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | power |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | covalence |