valency
English
Alternative forms
- valence
Pronunciation
- enPR: vā'lənsē, IPA(key): /ˈveɪlənsi/
Noun
valency (countable and uncountable, plural valencies) (mostly UK)
- (graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph.
- (especially chemistry) Valence.
- (linguistics) The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments.
Synonyms
- (graph theory): degree
- (linguistics): valence