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VALENCE ELECTRON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does valence electron mean?
• VALENCE ELECTRON (noun)
The noun VALENCE ELECTRON has 1 sense:
1. an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules
Familiarity information: VALENCE ELECTRON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("valence electron" is a kind of...):
electron; negatron (an elementary particle with negative charge)
Context examples
A type of atomic spectroscopy capable of qualitatively or quantitatively determining certain cations (particularly Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Ba, Cu) by utilizing a low temperature flame capable of exciting a valence electron to an upper energy state which emits light at a wavelength unique to each cation as the electron returns to its ground state.
(Flame Photometry, NCI Thesaurus)
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