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What does valence mean?

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Noun
  1. (chemistry) An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen.
  2. (chemistry) The combining capacity of an atom, radical or functional group determined by the number of electrons that it will lose, gain, or share when it combines with other atoms etc. [from 1884]
  3. (chemistry) The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen.
  4. (linguistics) The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero (for the likes of "It rains") to three (for the likes of "He gives her a flower").
  5. (psychology) A one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive or negative. [from 1935]
  6. (sociology) Value.
Noun
  1. Alternative spelling of valance
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