TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “valency”

Hear “valency” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for valency

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of valency with real speech in context.
Available examples: 2 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Modern Chinaof valency, significance, and power in the world of today.
Definition summary: (countable, chemistry) Alternative form of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”).

Example 1 of 2

Modern China

of valency, significance, and power in the world of today.

[Noun]
(countable, chemistry) Alternative form of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”).
(countable, graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph.
(countable, linguistics) Alternative form of valence (“the number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four”).
(uncountable) Importance, significance.
(algebraic geometry) Alternative form of valence.