valens

valens c (singular definite valensen, plural indefinite valenser)

1. valence
2. (graph theory) degree, valency
3. (chemistry) valence, number of (single) bonds an atom will make in stable compounds

   Carbon, hydrogen og oxygen har valenser på hhv. 4, 1 og 2.

4. (grammar) valence, maximal number of arguments

• “valens” in Den Danske Ordbog

Present active participle of valeō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.lens/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.lens/, [ˈväːlens]

valēns (genitive valentis, comparative valentior, superlative valentissimus, adverb valenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. strong, vigorous, healthy

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

• comparative: valentior, superlative: valentissimus

• “valens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “valens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• valens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “valens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “valens”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

valens c

1. valence, valency

valens

1. definite genitive singular of val (“whale”)
2. definite genitive plural of val (“election”)

• valens in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• valens in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• valens in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• alvens, elvans, lavens, navels, slaven, svalen, valsen