valency
Atomic bonding power
Valency is the capacity of an atom to combine with other atoms, measured by the number of chemical bonds it can form.
Carbon has a valency of four; hydrogen has a valency of one.
The term extends to linguistics, where it describes how many arguments a verb requires: "give" has a valency of three (giver, recipient, thing given).
Also spelled valence, especially in American English.
Action-expressing word
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- transitivityRelation that chains through
- intransitiveVerb requiring no object
- transitiveTaking a direct object
complement · subject · object · predicate · clause · syntax · subcategorization · obligatory
Negative subatomic particle
- orbitalRevolving around another
- shellHard outer covering
- covalentSharing electrons between atoms
- ionicConcerning charged particles
metallic · hydrogen bond · polar · nonpolar · octet · electronegativity · reactivity · oxidation state
Mutual exchange of actions
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- emotional availabilityReceptiveness to others' feelings
- attachmentConnection or fondness
responsiveness · connection · rapport · give-and-take · mutuality · interpersonal
Creating new vocabulary items
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
- affixWord-part modifier
- derivationSource or origin tracing
- compoundingElements merging progressively
productivity · lexical · semantic · collocation · co-occurrence · combinatorial · distributional
verb
Action-expressing word
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- transitivityRelation that chains through
- intransitiveVerb requiring no object
transitive · complement · subject · object · predicate · clause · syntax · subcategorization · obligatory · optional
electron
Negative subatomic particle
ionic · metallic · hydrogen bond · polar · nonpolar · octet · electronegativity · reactivity · oxidation state · reduction
reciprocity
Mutual exchange of actions
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- emotional availabilityReceptiveness to others' feelings
attachment · responsiveness · connection · rapport · give-and-take · mutuality · interpersonal
word formation
Creating new vocabulary items
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
- affixWord-part modifier
- derivationSource or origin tracing
compounding · productivity · lexical · semantic · collocation · co-occurrence · combinatorial · distributional
- grammar termsnoun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun
- antibodiesantibody, antibodies, monoclonal antibodies, heavy chain, nanobodies
- Molecular Propertiesmolecular weight, molecular formula, solubility, polarity, hydrophobicity
- verb grammarconjugation, tense, verb form, infinitive, verb tense
- periodic tableperiodic table, elements, hydrogen, helium, carbon
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
valencyinertness
State of non-reactivity
chemical stability · saturation · unreactivity · atomic weight
valencyisolation
Complete separation from others
inertness · independence · self-sufficiency · disconnection · atomicity
- valence shellOutermost electron energy level
- valence electronsOutermost electrons determining reactivity
equivalent, ambivalence, equivalence, valence, valences, covalence