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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Valence characterized by the transfer of electrons from atoms of one element to atoms of another during the formation of an ionic bond between the atoms.
- noun The number of electric charges lost or gained by an atom in such a transfer.
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- noun Alternative form of
electrovalency .
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