quantivalence

Noun.  (chemistry) Valence; the atomic or combining power of an element or radical expressed in terms of the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.