valency
English
/ˈveɪlənsi/
noun
Definitions
- (graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph.
- (especially) Valence.
- (linguistics) The capacity of a verb to take a specific number of arguments.
- The capacity of something to combine with other things.
Etymology
Derived from Latin valentia (capacity, strength).
Origin
Latin
valentia
Gloss
capacity, strength
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
💪
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bivalency English
- covalency English
- divalency English
- electrovalency English
- heptavalency English
- hypervalency English
- monovalency English
- multivalency English
- paucivalency English
- polyvalency English
- trivalency English
- valence English
- valens Latin
- valentia Latin
- Valenz German
- valenza Italian
- valencia Spanish, Castilian
- valência Portuguese
- vaillance Old French