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(Redirected from Valency) Not to be confused with valance.

Valence or valency may refer to:

Science

Valence (chemistry), a measure of an element's combining power with other atoms
Valence electron, electrons in the outer shell of an atom's energy levels
Valence quarks, those quarks within a hadron that determine the hadron's quantum numbers
Degree (graph theory), also called the valency of a vertex in graph theory
Valency (linguistics), aspect of verbs relative to other parts of speech
Valence (psychology) or hedonic tone, the (emotional) value associated with an event, object or situation

Valence, Charente, a commune in the Charente department
Valence, Drôme, Drôme, a commune and prefecture of the Drôme department
- University of Valence, a medieval university
Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne, a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department
Canton of Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne department
Arrondissement of Valence, Drôme department
Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence
Valence-d'Albigeois, in the Tarn department
Valence-en-Brie, in the Seine-et-Marne department
Valence-en-Poitou, in the Vienne department
Valence-sur-Baïse, in the Gers department
Bourg-lès-Valence, in the Drôme department

Amasio Valence (born 1979), Fijian rugby union player
David Valence (born 1981), French politician
Maurice Valency (1903–1996), American playwright, author, critic and professor
Aymer de Valence (bishop) (c. 1220–1260), bishop of Winchester
William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1225–1296), French nobleman who played an important role in English politics
Valence Mendis (born 1958), fourth bishop of Chilaw