valence
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The valence quarks, however, continue to carry much of the proton's forward motion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Excitons form inside semiconductors when electrons absorb energy and jump from their resting state in the valence band to a higher energy state in the conduction band.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
When we talk about something in economic terms, it really doesn’t have much moral valence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
They talk to Professor Jack Balkin about its religious valence, and Saul Cornell about originalism’s first major constitutional triumph in Heller.
From Slate ● May 4, 2024
Egged on by scheming courtiers and generals, relations between Atawallpa and Washkar spent several years swinging through the emotional valence from concealed suspicion to overt hostility.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Spirituality takes on previously unconsidered valences in the canvases of Wally Hedrick and Carlos Villa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
The emotional valences are thus much more complicated this time around, and to accommodate the complexities, the picture is close to three hours long, the longest of the series by far.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
In this sense, Mitchell’s and Minnelli’s appearances carried slightly different emotional valences.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
For Umrigar, “India” is another word with many valences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
We have no knowledge as to why elements differ in their combining power, and there is no way to determine their valences save by experiment.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
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Chemistry - High School
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