Valence vs Osmic - What's the difference?
valence | osmic |
An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen.
(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
(chemistry) The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen
(linguistics) The number of arguments that a verb can have, including the subject of the verb in the counting, ranging from zero (for the likes of "It rains") to three (for the likes of "He gives her a flower").
(psychology) A one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive or negative
(sociology) value
(chemistry, obsolete) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence.
As a noun valence
is an extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen.As an adjective osmic is
pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence.valence
English
(wikipedia valence)Etymology 1
* (sense), from (etyl) (1425) * (combining capacity) from (etyl) Valenz (1884)Alternative forms
* valency (mostly UK)Noun
(valences)- trivalent vaccine (one meant to be effective against three strains)
Synonyms
* (chemistry) valency * (linguistics) valencyDerived terms
(terms derived from valence) * equivalence * primary valence * secondary valence * polyvalenceEtymology 2
(en)See also
* valanceReferences
*Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
* ----osmic
English
Adjective
(-)- osmic oxide
