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The correct spelling is valences.
How to pronounce valences
noun
Say it like: Val-ens-es
The correct spelling is valences. A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window. For example: "The number of bonds that a verb has constitutes what we will call the valence of the verb."
Usage Examples
“The number of bonds that a verb has constitutes what we will call the valence of the verb.”
“anger and fear have negative valence”
Definition
noun
- 1.A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
- 2.A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window.
- 3.(bedding) A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from the mattress to the floor.
- 4.The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
- 5.An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen.
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