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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share;
[syn: covalence, covalency]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

covalency
    n 1: valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a
         chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom
         can share [syn: covalence, covalency]