Meaning of "valency" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VALENCY

From Latin valentia strength, from valēre to be strong.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF VALENCY

valency  [ˈveɪlənsɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VALENCY

Valency is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VALENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of valency in the English dictionary

The first definition of valency in the dictionary is a property of atoms or groups, equal to the number of atoms of hydrogen that the atom or group could combine with or displace in forming compounds. Other definition of valency is the number of satellite noun phrases with which a verb combines. Valency is also the number of antigen-binding sites on an antibody molecule.

TRANSLATION OF VALENCY

Find out the translation of valency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of valency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «valency» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 价
• Translator English - Spanish: valencia
• English: valency
• Translator English - Hindi: संयोजकता
• Translator English - Arabic: التكافؤ
• Translator English - Russian: валентность
• Translator English - Portuguese: valência
• Translator English - Bengali: যোজ্যতা
• Translator English - French: valence
• Translator English - Malay: Valensi
• Translator English - German: Wertigkeit
• Translator English - Japanese: 原子価
• Translator English - Korean: 원자가
• Translator English - Javanese: Valensi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hóa trị
• Translator English - Tamil: valency
• Translator English - Marathi: अनुकूलता
• Translator English - Turkish: değerlik
• Translator English - Italian: valenza
• Translator English - Polish: wartościowość
• Translator English - Ukrainian: валентність
• Translator English - Romanian: valență
• Translator English - Greek: σθένους
• Translator English - Afrikaans: valensie
• Translator English - Swedish: valens
• Translator English - Norwegian: valens

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VALENCY»

Discover the use of valency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to valency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Valency: Theoretical, Descriptive and Cognitive Issues

Valency - Theoretical, Descriptive and Cognitive Issues represents a collection of articles which focus on the issue of complementation within different theoretical frameworks.

Thomas Herbst, Katrin Götz-Votteler, 2007

A Valency Dictionary of English: A Corpus-based Analysis of ...

Each entry contains a comprehensive list of the complementation patterns identified on the basis of the largest corpus of English available at the present time. All examples are taken directly from the COBUILD/Birmingham corpus.

Thomas Herbst, 2004

Changing Valency: Case Studies in Transitivity

Distinguished scholars examine the phenomena of passives and causatives in languages from around the world.

Robert M. W. Dixon, 2000

Valency and Bonding: A Natural Bond Orbital Donor-Acceptor ...

The first modernized overview of chemical valency and bonding theory, based on current computational technology.

Frank Weinhold, Clark R. Landis, 2005

Verb Valency Patterns: A Challenge for Semantics-based Accounts

Based on an empirical study of English verbs, the author discusses to what extent complementation is predictable from meaning by examining whether semantically similar verbs also exhibit the same syntactic properties.

Susen Faulhaber, 2011

A History of the Concept of Valency to 1930

Dr Palmer examines the chronological stages to the development of the concept of valency up to 1930.

W. G. Palmer, 2010

Verb Valency - The Dependents of the Verb

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English - Grammar, Style, Working Technique, grade: 1,7, RWTH Aachen University (Institut fur Anglistik ), course: Syntactic Questions, 7 entries in the bibliography, language: English, ...

Ilona Sontag, 2008

Case, Valency and Transitivity

Case, valency and transitivity The present selection of papers dealing with case, valency, and transitivity, originated from a conference on the similar topic held at the University of Nijmegen in June 2003. Thematically it belongs to a row of ...

L. I. Kulikov, Andre? L?vovich Mal?chukov, Dr Peter Swart, 2006

Verb-valency in Contemporary Polish: A Study of the Major ...

Introduction This study presents the theory of valency in its application to contemporary Polish. The notion of valency has been first used in linguistic terminology by L. Tesniere1 to designate an ability of an element of a language ( specifically ...

Lea Sawicki, 1988

Distributional criteria for verbal valency in Chinese

(Peeters 1995)

Yilu Zhao, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VALENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term valency is used in the context of the following news items.

Thermodynamic explanation of the universal correlation between …

The restriction to these three processes does not preclude the possibility of other reactions like oxidation of the metal cation to a higher valency. Such additional ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»

Onzième condamnation pour un récidiviste en séjour illégal

C'est sur celui d'une joggeuse occupée à rédiger un SMS sur un banc dans le parc de Valency, à Lausanne, qu'il jette son dévolu le 11 novembre dernier, vers ... «24heures.ch, Jun 15»

Le lyonnais super-slip man raccroche

Evidemment, Raphaël Valency est un passionné de rugby. Il a été formé au LOU en tant que trois quart. L'équipe lyonnaise qui jouera justement sa place en ... «Lyon Mag, May 15»

Lausanne récompensée pour sa vision des potagers urbains

Celui de Valency, inauguré l'an dernier, a été réalisé avec la participation de ... d'amener l'eau et de préparer les parcelles qu'elle distribue, à Valency se sont ... «24heures.ch, Apr 15»

Lose of Rs. 4.42 mil revenue: Sri Lanka Customs investigates empty …

A Singapore based fertilizer supplier, Valency International Private Limited has shipped 11,406.8 MT of TSP fertilizers in bulk with 228,136 empty bags and the ... «Customs Today Newspaper, Mar 15»

Chita Rivera's Destination: Broadway's Lyceum For 'The Visit'

Based on the dark post-WWII satire by Swiss playwright Friedrich Durrenmatt as adapted by Maurice Valency, The Visit concerns a visit by Claire Zachanassian ... «Deadline.com, Jan 15»

WMN's Top 5 Westcountry walks to help work off those Christmas …

1 The Valency Valley area was once shut for business thanks to the Boscastle Floods of 2004, but the footpaths around the Valency are now all open again and ... «Western Morning News, Dec 14»

Lausanne: 78 sachets de marijuana planqués dans le Parc de …

La police lausannoise a réalisé une importante saisie de marijuana lundi dans le secteur du Parc de Valency. Pas moins de 78 sachets ont été retrouvés ... «Arcinfo, Nov 14»

Chicago church gives flock $500 each to spend for good

"I was just in disbelief," said Valency Hastings, 42, when she got her check from the non-denominational LaSalle Street Church on the city's near north side. «Chicago Tribune, Sep 14»

Synopsis: Patchy Particles without the Patches

However, precision of the assembly process is limited by the difficulty in controlling both the placement of DNA patches and “valency” (the number of each ... «Physics, Sep 14»