valens

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Danish

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of valens
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative valens valensen valenser valenserne
genitive valens' valensens valensers valensernes

References

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of valeō.

Pronunciation

Participle

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

  1. strong, vigorous, healthy

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative valēns valentēs valentia
Genitive valentis valentium
Dative valentī valentibus
Accusative valentem valēns valentēs
valentīs 		valentia
Ablative valente
valentī1 		valentibus
Vocative valēns valentēs valentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

References

  • “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

Swedish

Noun

valens c

  1. valence, valency

Declension

Declension of valens 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative valens valensen valenser valenserna
Genitive valens valensens valensers valensernas

Noun

valens

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

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