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Valency vs Covalency - What's the difference?

valency | covalency |

In chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between valency and covalency

is that valency is (chemistry) valence while covalency is (chemistry).

As nouns the difference between valency and covalency

is that valency is (graph theory) the number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph while covalency is (chemistry).

valency

English

(wikipedia valency)

Alternative forms

* valence

Noun

(valencies) (mostly UK)
  • (graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph
  • (chemistry) valence
  • (linguistics) The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments

    • Synonyms

    * (graph theory) degree * (linguistics) valence

    covalency

    English

    Noun

    (covalencies)
  • (chemistry)

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