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Va·lence    Audio Help   [va-lahns] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a city in and the capital of Drôme, in SE France. 70,307.
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va·lence    Audio Help   [vey-luhns] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Chemistry.
a.the quality that determines the number of atoms or groups with which any single atom or group will unite chemically.
b.the relative combining capacity of an atom or group compared with that of the standard hydrogen atom. The chloride ion, Cl–, with a valence of one, has the capacity to unite with one atom of hydrogen or its equivalent, as in HCl or NaCl.
2.Immunology. the number of determinants per molecule of antigen.
3.the capacity of one person or thing to react with or affect another in some special way, as by attraction or the facilitation of a function or activity.
Also, valency.

[Origin: 1865–70; < L valentia strength, worth, equiv. to valent- (s. of valéns), prp. to be strong + -ia n. suffix; see -ence]
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Valence, city (1990 pop. 65,026), capital of Drôme dept., SE France, in Dauphiné, on the Rhône River. Its many manufactures include metallurgical products, textiles, leather goods, and jewelry. It is also a processing and trade center for a fertile farm area. An old Roman town, it was taken by the Visigoths (413) and the Arabs (c.730), then changed hands many times. Although nominally under the control of various European powers, it was actually ruled by its own bishops from 1150 until the 15th cent., when its citizens put themselves under the protection of the dauphin. Its Romanesque cathedral (11th cent.; partially restored) is a tourist attraction. Its university was founded in 1452. 
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