Valence

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

Places

France

• 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

England

• River Valency, Cornwall
• Valence House, London

Spain

• The French-language name for the city of Valencia, Spain

People

• 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

Other uses

• Valence Technology, an American battery manufacturer

See also

• Valance (disambiguation)
• Valencia (disambiguation)
• Valença (disambiguation)
• Valentia (disambiguation)
• Valenza (disambiguation)
• Polyvalence (disambiguation)