Talk:Valence (chemistry)

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Valence is also a linguistic term. It has to to with the number of participants in a clause.

(unsigned). -DePiep (talk) 12:53, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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What is valency 2409:4050:E84:F729:2037:8661:FA15:32D0 (talk) 05:09, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Valency is the British spelling, and valence is the American spelling. Same meaning. Dirac66 (talk) 02:24, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This wikipedia page is wrong to say they are two different spellings and wrong to say one is UK one is USA.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/599736/how-can-the-difference-between-the-chemistry-words-of-valence-and-valency-be-des/599741#599741

They are different words for the same thing, but "valency" was more common in the UK pre 1970s. Since then, both in the UK and USA, and especially nowadays, people use the word valence . And nowadays almost nobody in the UK or USA uses the word valency 86.1.49.43 (talk) 00:47, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

At least some British dictionaries still include valency. See https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/valency and https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/valency. Dirac66 (talk) 01:59, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested sub-topic.

I remember the word "valence" from chemistry classes. But chemistry or physics is not what brought me to this article. I'm trying to find out whether "valence" can be used metaphorically to describe something, such as a "thought," that has a certain "charge" to it almost like an electrical charge. Can "valence" be used (metaphorically) as a synonym for something that has a certain polarity or "charge?" If "valence" can be used metaphorically to describe something outside of the realm of science maybe that could be added to the article. 2600:8801:BE01:7C00:384E:582A:B8E:C3EE (talk) 18:39, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like Valence (psychology). The article here is strictly the chemistry aspect. Other meanings of the word are listed at Valence (not the specific '(chemistry)' page), with links to their own specific articles. DMacks (talk) 18:45, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]