Valence or valency may refer to:

Science

Valence (chemistry) In chemistry, the valence (US spelling) or valency (British spelling) of an element is the measure of its combining capacity with other atoms when it forms chemical compounds or molecules. Description The combining capacity, or affinity of an ...

, a measure of an element's combining power with other atoms *

Degree (graph theory) In graph theory, the degree (or valency) of a vertex of a graph is the number of edges that are incident to the vertex; in a multigraph, a loop contributes 2 to a vertex's degree, for the two ends of the edge. The degree of a vertex v is denote ...

, also called the valency of a vertex in graph theory *

Valency (linguistics) In linguistics, valency or valence is the number and type of arguments controlled by a predicate, content verbs being typical predicates. Valency is related, though not identical, to subcategorization and transitivity, which count only object ar ...

, aspect of verbs relative to other parts of speech *

Valence (psychology) Valence, or hedonic tone, is the affective quality referring to the intrinsic attractiveness/"good"-ness (positive valence) or averseness/"bad"-ness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation. The term also characterizes and categor ...

or hedonic tone, the (emotional) value associated with an event, object or situation

Places

France

* Valence, Charente, a commune in the Charente department *

Valence, Drôme Valence (, ; oc, Valença ) is a commune in southeastern France, the prefecture of the Drôme department and within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhône, about south of Lyon, along the railway line ...

, Drôme, a commune and prefecture of the Drôme department **

University of Valence The University of Valence was founded 26 July 1452, by letters patent from the Dauphin Louis, afterwards Louis XI of France, in a move to develop the city of Valence, then part of his domain of Dauphiné. It existed until the French Revolution. ...

, a medieval university *

Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne Valence (; oc, Valença d'Agen), also known as Valence-d'Agen, is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Geography Valence is located from Agen, from Montauban, from Cahors, 90 km from ...

, a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department *

Canton of Valence The Canton of Valence is one of the 15 cantons of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, in southern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 11 to 17 communes: * Boudou * Bourg-de ...

, Tarn-et-Garonne department * Arrondissement of Valence, Drôme department *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Valentinensis (–Diensis–Sancti Pauli Tricastinorum)''; French: ''Diocèse de Valence (–Die–Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux'') is a diocese of the La ...

Valence-d'Albigeois Valence-d'Albigeois (; oc, Valença) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list of the 314 communes of the Tarn department of France. The communes cooperate i ...

, in the Tarn department * Valence-en-Brie, in the Seine-et-Marne department * Valence-sur-Baïse, in the Gers department * Bourg-lès-Valence, in the Drôme department

England

River Valency The River Valency ( kw, Dowr an Velinji) is a short river in north Cornwall, England, UK, with many small tributaries. After running past Lesnewth it cuts a valley before entering the sea at the harbour of the village of Boscastle. One of its tri ...

, Cornwall * Valence House, London

Spain

*The French-language name for the city of

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, Spain

People

Amasio Valence Amasio Valence (born 12 May 1979) is a former rugby sevens player. He was born in Nadi, Fiji, but after he first made his break into professional rugby in 2000, he switched allegiances to New Zealand. He was hailed as one of the most promising ...

(born 1979), Fijian rugby union player *

Maurice Valency Maurice Valency (22 March 1903 – 28 September 1996) was a playwright, author, critic, and popular professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University, best known for his award-winning adaptations of plays by Jean Giraudoux and Friedric ...

(1903–1996), American playwright, author, critic and professor *

Aymer de Valence (bishop) Aymer de Valence ( 1222 – 4 December 1260) was a Bishop of Winchester around 1250. Life Valence was a half brother of King Henry III of England;

(c. 1220–1260), bishop of Winchester *

William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke {{Infobox noble, name=William de Valence, christening_date=, noble family=, house-type=, father=Hugh X of Lusignan, mother=Isabella of Angoulême, birth_name=, birth_date=, birth_place=, christening_place=, styles=, death_date=13 June 1296, death_ ...

(1225–1296), French nobleman who played an important role in English politics *

Valence Mendis Valence Mendis, formally Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devasritha Valence Mendis, (born 21 May 1958) is a Sri Lankan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Chilaw since 2006. He has been named bishop of Kandy, where he spent his fir ...

(born 1958), fourth bishop of Chilaw

Other uses

Valence Technology Valence Technology, Inc. was a company that developed and manufactured lithium iron phosphate cathode material as well as lithium ion Battery (electricity), battery modules and packs. The modules come in 12 V, 18 V, 24 V, and 36&n ...

, an American battery manufacturer