VALENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does valent mean? 

• VALENT (adjective)
  The adjective VALENT has 1 sense:

1. (chemistry) having valence; usually used in combination

  Familiarity information: VALENT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(chemistry) having valence; usually used in combination

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Pertainym:

valence ((chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent))

Derivation:

valency ((chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent))