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“Valance” or “Valence”

valance / valence are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

valance

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

valence v·EY·l·ah·n·s

  • noun(biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate.
  • noun(chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent).
Usage

Examples in context

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“valance”

  • …The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).
  • Valance Airfield (Y-23), France, 30 September
  • …The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964),…
  • …found her daughter, Paige (Olympia Valance), and he introduces himself to
  • …decorated by a scalloped timber valance runs along the street elevations…
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) as Maj. Cassius Starbuckle

“valence”

  • …within a restrictive manifold of valence configurations.
  • …an emotion with a negative valence, fear, and therefore anxiety, has…
  • …the Hubbard operators, which enabled valence fluctuations to be treated within…
  • …the River Rhone, north of Valence.
  • …not from delocalized conduction and valence band states as would be…
  • …obtained with a completely filled valence shell.
  • …an open shell is a valence shell which is not completely…
  • Valence shell
  • …University Institutes of Technology of Valence.
  • …providing a method to second-quantize valence fluctuations within a restrictive manifold…

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