Valency

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English

Noun

valency

1. (graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph
2. ((chemistry{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) (mostly British) valence
3. (linguistics) The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments

Synonym

• degree (1)