valence

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We propose a game where agents vote according to ideology and valence, and media create candidates 'charisma.

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  1. noun Chemistry The combining capacity of an atom or radical determined by the number of electrons that it will lose, add, or share when it reacts with other atoms.
  2. noun Chemistry A positive or negative integer used to represent this capacity: The valences of copper are 1 and 2.
  3. noun The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen.
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  • He was working away at a computer, and he had two or three books open and unopen around him, and there was a typewriter and a clipboard, and a bunch of notes stuck to a weak-valence board. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 02 - August 1994
  • According to Hausberger, the way horses look at objects might therefore give an indication of the "valence" they give to this object: intriguing (low emotion), fear inducing (and therefore prone to induce a behavioral reaction) or familiar and positive. —  TheHorse.com News
  • We propose a game where agents vote according to ideology and valence, and media create candidates 'charisma. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • In the case that Leigh relates, there was no change to the knowledge-valence relationships among the members, nor the identity-valence relationships between members and the organization itself. —  What is the (Next) Message?
  • Clearly, the economic-valence relationships changed, with fewer saddle purchases. —  What is the (Next) Message?
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  1. Latin valentia, capacity, from valēns, valent-, present participle of valēre, to be strong; see wal- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin valentia, strength, from valen(t-)s, strong, present participle of valere, be strong: see valiant, valid.
 

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