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Valency

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Broader term 1

Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Bivalent 66% connected

Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad.

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Bivalent 66% connected

Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad.

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Double 66% connected

Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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Double 66% connected

Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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Monovalent 66% connected

Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.

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Monovalent 66% connected

Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.

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Multivalent 66% connected

Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.

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Multivalent 66% connected

Having a valence greater than one, as silicon.

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Univalent 66% connected

Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radic…

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Univalent 66% connected

Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radic…

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Synonym 1

Valence 92% connected

The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) wit…

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