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noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English valency English covalency From co- + valency.
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